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• Re: wheel bearing for an 84
  Historical mailing list - Don Deitke
  Sun, 14 Mar 2004 17:56:29 EST
  Correct Front Vanagon Bearing Applications Front Inner Bearing Part # 113 517 185 C Fits 83-92 ( 2 Wheel Drive Vanagon Front Outer Bearing Part...
• Re: wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 12 Apr 2017 17:14:04 +0000
  Front wheel bearings are a fraction of the size or rear wheel bearings. They are also probably subject to more stress. On most cars...
• Re: wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - bernie
  Wed, 12 Apr 2017 10:02:45 -0700
  ...I did replace my front wheel bearings about 4 years ago. My understanding is that the rear last longer and I have told by...
• wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 12 Apr 2017 09:54:31 -0700
  hi all, is it correct to assume or is there a reason to think that the Front wheel bearings and Rear wheel bearings wear...
• Re: front wheel bearing questions...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sun, 30 Apr 2006 02:01:52 -0400
  front wheel bearings have to have a bit of play - enough to just wiggle the thrust washer pushing with a small screw driver, for...
• lost front wheel bearing cap!
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Tue, 22 Jul 2003 17:21:29 -0400
  I the process of breaking my sway bar connector rod, and loosing a hub cap, I also lost a front wheel bearing grease cap...
• Re: Front wheel bearings...
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Tue, 18 Jul 2000 13:32:13 -0400
  ...Front wheel bearings... > > > Anyone out there know the proper way to seat the front > wheel bearings? My > 88 vanagon front end gets shimmy loose...
• Re: front wheel bearing maintenance intervals
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Sun, 26 Aug 2007 22:41:27 -0700
  ...front wheel bearing maintenance intervals > Hello Bob, > > When I worked in the front end shop if the bearing could get replaced they > were at...
• Re: front wheel bearing maintenance intervals
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:26:34 -0700
  ...front wheel bearing maintenance intervals > Bob, > I've had wheel bearing last the life of the vehicle. IF the grease > seal has not failed...
• Re: front wheel bearing maintenance intervals
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Mon, 27 Aug 2007 05:46:05 -0700
  ...front wheel bearing maintenance intervals > Bob, > I've had wheel bearing last the life of the vehicle. IF the grease > seal has not failed...
• Re: wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 14 May 2017 13:38:59 +0000
  The front and rear wheel bearings are of drastically different designs, even for the Syncro. The front wheel bearings on the Syncro is a...
• front wheel bearing questions...
  Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
  Sat, 29 Apr 2006 22:58:11 -0400
  I can notice a very slight play/clunk when I wiggle either front wheel what is most likely a wheel bearing. Its not tire...
• front wheel bearing maintenance intervals
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Sun, 26 Aug 2007 22:00:16 -0700
  ...I decided to pull one front outer wheel bearing and look to see how much grease they still had on them WELL the rollers...
• 82 Front wheel bearings steering knuckle
  Historical mailing list - MacLachlan, Bill
  Tue, 30 Sep 2003 11:35:13 -0700
  ...I dropped a front wheel bearing a week or ten days ago & destroyed the steering knuckle/spindle. No prior warning. Just went. Bearing welded...
• Front wheel bearings...
  Historical mailing list - James Shinosky
  Tue, 18 Jul 2000 09:13:26 EDT
  Anyone out there know the proper way to seat the front wheel bearings? My 88 vanagon front end gets shimmy loose... Thanks. James W88kender
• Re: lithium based wheel bearing grease
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 21 May 2011 20:51:31 -0400
  Yes for the front wheel bearings. I was just concerned that rather broad and generic designation on the container might not be as accurate...
• Re: front wheel bearing maintenance intervals
  Historical mailing list - --------
  Mon, 27 Aug 2007 07:25:56 -0400
  ...This lead me to >wonder what the big green book calls for on front wheel bearing maintenance. To my surprise I found nothing listed...
• From CV joints to wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Ian Cameron
  Wed, 7 Jul 1999 16:53:51 -0700
  Well - my CV joint problem is solved - it was a front wheel bearing. When the noise first manifested itself I jacked up the front...
• Re: wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Eric Wunrow
  Sat, 13 May 2017 19:42:47 -0600
  ...that the Front > wheel bearings and Rear wheel bearings wear at the same rate? meaning that > do we have to replace front and rear...
• Front end noises
  Historical mailing list - MacLachlan, Bill
  Tue, 7 Oct 2003 08:54:25 -0700
  ...One of my mechanics had a listen, said "front wheel bearing- start on the left wheel" Last weekend I checked bearing play and listened...
• Re: front wheel bearing questions...
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Feller
  Sun, 30 Apr 2006 10:03:53 -0400
  ...front wheel bearing questions... front wheel bearings have to have a bit of play - enough to just wiggle the thrust washer pushing with a...
• {front} wheel bearings on an '88 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Fri, 27 May 2016 15:25:12 -0300
  ...Is anything different about the front wheel bearings on a T25 (vs the old buses and vans) which would lead to them loosening over...
• Re: Front wheel bearing differences
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 20 Oct 2010 23:34:10 -0700
  It's because the early outer front wheel bearings are prone to wear out a bit. The inners are the same .. the outer wheel...
• Re: Wheel bearing play (in Baja Sur)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 28 Dec 2012 13:06:56 -0800
  ...Front wheel bearings on 2WD vanagons last just incredibily amazingly well. I know of dozens, even hundreds of 2WD vanagons where the front wheel...
• Re: Front wheel bearing differences
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 21 Oct 2010 04:10:14 -0700
  ...It would seem that if you're ordering early front wheel bearings from them, you might want to cross reference with another vendor to...
• Front wheel bearing differences
  Historical mailing list - Ed Duntz
  Wed, 20 Oct 2010 22:55:02 -0400
  ...It would seem that if you're ordering early front wheel bearings from them, you might want to cross reference with another vendor to...
• Re: Front Wheel Bearing seal - countersink???
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 29 Sep 2007 12:20:35 -0700
  ...Front Wheel Bearing seal - countersink??? Quick questions. I don't recall if when replacing the front wheel bearing seal, if that seal should be...
• Re: Front Wheel Bearing Source
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:23:53 -0800
  ...Bearings from AutoZone I forgot to mention something about the wheel bearings I got from AutoZone. American made (the markings) Timkin bearings no less...
• Re: {front} wheel bearings on an '88 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Scott
  Tue, 31 May 2016 12:47:27 -1000
  ...Is anything different about the front wheel bearings on a T25 (vs the old buses and vans) which would lead to them loosening over...
• Re: Front wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Jul 1995 02:01:35 -0400
  ...Front Inner Wheel Bearing 113-517-185C Dealer List $17.15ea Bus Boys $16.95ea Front Outer Wheel Bearing 251-405-645B Dealer List...
• Re: wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Fri, 14 May 2021 21:18:01 -0400
  ...The front wheel bearings on the Syncro is a common one > piece cartridge design common to front drive vehicles. However it is still > a...
• Front wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Mon, 4 Jun 2007 10:48:37 -0500
  The driver side front wheel bearing has gone bad after maybe 1500 miles. The swap was done by a local, un-tried mechanic. We...
• Re: Front Wheels clicking noise
  Historical mailing list - Neal Hansen
  Sat, 18 May 2002 15:36:35 -0700
  ...front wheels making clicking noise-wheel bearings? so i was investigating a clicking noise coming from some wheel this morning, and originally thought it...
• Re: Front wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Allen Hill
  Mon, 4 Jun 2007 12:18:17 -0500
  ...Front wheel bearings The driver side front wheel bearing has gone bad after maybe 1500 miles. The swap was done by a local, un...
• Re: Front wheel bearing differences
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 21 Oct 2010 05:23:47 -0400
  ...OD is the same on all front wheel bearings. On 2010-10-21, at 12:00 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote: > There seems to...
• Re: bearing/other noise when turning a tiny bit?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 2 Apr 2011 14:55:54 -0700
  ...I'll sure say 2WD vanagon have good front wheel bearings.. often they go many tens, even hundreds, of thousands of miles with no...
• Re: Noise coming from front wheel
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 13 Jun 2010 10:59:56 -0500
  ...Looking around down there I realized that there > isn't much that could make any sounds except the front wheel bearings. I > jacked up...
• Re: {front} wheel bearings on an '88 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 27 May 2016 22:17:42 -0400
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: {front} wheel bearings on an '88 Westy All, Since I am still relatively new to the T25/vanagon world...
• Front Wheel Bearing seal - countersink???
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Sat, 29 Sep 2007 10:55:09 -0400
  ...I don't recall if when replacing the front wheel bearing seal, if that seal should be countersunk or flush with the rotor? Thanks...
• front wheels making clicking noise-wheel bearings?
  Historical mailing list - s w
  Sat, 18 May 2002 07:00:51 -0700
  ...cv, turns out one of the front wheels is making the noise, is this a wheel bearing? thanks for any info... ===== Scott Wilson 85...
• Re: wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 14 May 2021 20:31:32 -0500
  ...The front wheel bearings on the Syncro is a common one >> piece cartridge design common to front drive vehicles. However it is still >> a...
• Re: what happened to my thrust washer?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:17:02 -0700
  ...the vanagonauts BTDT website: > http://www.vanagonauts.com/-Wheel-Bearings154.htm > > This PN: "Front Outer Bearing Part # 211 405 645 D Fits 83-84...
• Re: lithium based wheel bearing grease
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 21 May 2011 14:58:52 -0700
  for the front wheel brgs ? you do have, after all.......just like it says. "European cars disk brake wheel bearings" i.e. ...it's...
• Re: wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 20 Sep 2006 17:12:35 -0400
  Front? Rear? Both front and rear? Mike James Vidal wrote: > My wheel bearings need to be replaced.(1991) I'm wondering how hard a...
• front wheel noise
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 9 Jul 2011 10:15:37 -0400
  ...one of the front wheels. It's speed dependent, rrrraaoo, rrrraaoo, rrrraaoo, and I would say it's a wheel bearing based on what...
• Syncro fron wheel bearings?
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  29 May 1997 09:22:47 -0600
  ...Syncro fron wheel bearings??_ 5/29/97 9:59 AM Good Morning listee's I'm currently rebuilding the front end suspension. after 145...
• Re: Rear Wheel Bearings Replace$$
  Historical mailing list - James Benthall
  Tue, 8 Mar 2005 15:49:53 EST
  John, I just had the front wheel bearings replaced (both wheels) on my 87 Westy for about $175. Inner and outer bearings. I don...
• Re: Wheel bearing play (in Baja Sur)
  Historical mailing list - Bill M
  Fri, 28 Dec 2012 17:44:35 -0500
  ...There are > inner and outer front wheel brgs of course. > > Put some extra grease in the bearing cap too . There should be some there...
• Re: what happened to my thrust washer?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:49:19 -0700
  ...http://www.vanagonauts.com/-Wheel-Bearings154.htm This PN: "Front Outer Bearing Part # 211 405 645 D Fits 83-84 Thru Chassis # 24E015000" I...
• Re: Wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Wed, 6 May 2020 08:08:30 -0400
  ...Am I correct to assume that this is a bad sign and front wheel bearings are in my future? I did spin that wheel...
• Front Wheel bearings - just how much is a 'trace' of play?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Guttman
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 21:36:27 -0500
  While hunting for an intermittent and increasingly annoying front end squeak, I took the opportunity last weekend to check the front wheel bearings of...
• Front Wheel Bearing Problems
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Fri, 12 Mar 2004 22:17:20 -0500
  I tried to replace the front wheel bearings on my '84 Westy today and ran into a problem. The inner bearings won't fit...
• 1985 Vanagon - rear wheel bearing job
  Historical mailing list - AAG - Larry Word
  Thu, 20 Jan 2005 01:37:42 -0500
  ...Rear wheel bearing Hammered out or pressed out! Can anyone help me out with this topic....lots of data on front wheel bearings but...
• Re: what happened to my thrust washer?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:54:49 -0700
  all I can say is 'it is better' ...............since early vans can have outer front wheel bearing failure .. and I don't think I...
• Re: {front} wheel bearings on an '88 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Wed, 1 Jun 2016 16:00:41 -0300
  ...Is anything different about the front wheel bearings on a T25 (vs the old buses and vans) which would lead to them loosening over...
• Re: unclas Wheel Bearing Replacement Costs
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 2 Jul 2004 00:28:01 -0400
  ...book, Front bearing remove and replace including the cups, 1.0 hour for one side, 1.8 hour for both. Rear wheel is .8...
• Front wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Mon, 4 Jun 2007 14:24:21 -0500
  ...Front wheel bearings The driver side front wheel bearing has gone bad after maybe 1500 miles. The swap was done by a local, un...
• Re: bearing/other noise when turning a tiny bit?
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Sat, 2 Apr 2011 21:42:14 -0400
  ...underbuilt outer bearings though.. > > fixed a year or two later.. > I'll sure say 2WD vanagon have good front wheel bearings.. > often they go...
• Re: Syncro wheel bearing play?
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Wed, 22 Jul 1998 11:54:13 -0400
  ...They may be adjusted, but it you have been driving them for a while the bearings are toast. Front wheels are the same but...
• Re: Front wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Allen Hill
  Mon, 4 Jun 2007 19:34:58 -0500
  ...Front wheel bearings The driver side front wheel bearing has gone bad after maybe 1500 miles. The swap was done by a local, un...