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• 85 Vanagon - Gearshift Lever Bearing Assembly?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Wohlgemuth
  Fri, 27 Mar 1998 22:09:28 -0500
  ...I just rebuilt the Gearshift Lever Bearing ... but I do not have a manual ... yet ... the upper end of the Lower Ball half sticks...
• Problem with gearshift lever bearing - 84
  Historical mailing list - George Averill
  Thu, 5 Feb 2004 00:11:15 -0500
  Does anyone know of a good source for the gearshift lever bearing parts (34.6 in the Bentley)? The nylon ball disintegrated and I...
• Re: 85 Vanagon - Gearshift Lever Bearing Assembly?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Wohlgemuth
  Sat, 28 Mar 1998 16:58:28 -0500
  FIxedd the problem myself ... the spring was not going to compress as much as I anticipated ... WOrks great....... Mike
• Revised shift lever bearing
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Revised shift lever bearing
  February 28, 1989
  ...adjustment of the gearshift lever is to be conducted as described in the repair manual. Note The revised shift lever bearing can be installed...
• Re: Berg Short Shift Kit in Syncro
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 4 Mar 1997 17:44:06 -0500 (EST)
  ...the Berg plate goes under the "Gearshift lever bearing housing". the collar is called "bushing", and is kept in place by the "set screw...
• Re: what is part # 251 798 116 A
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Mon, 5 Feb 2001 18:44:42 +0100
  ...643A ball socket for gearshift lever 823 711 199 pressure spring 251 711 645 hemisphere 823 711 255 bearing for socket 171 711 279...
• Re: difficult shifting
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Tue, 31 May 2005 09:51:04 -0400
  ...Bentley 34.4 (4 speed) OR http://www.vanagonauts.com/34.4--34.12-Gearshift-Lever,-Adjusting173.htm Worked for me. No trouble since...
• Re: Frankenshifter
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sat, 19 Jan 2008 20:51:21 -0500
  ...I got the gearshift lever out > and discovered -- it's a Frankenshifter. It's been cut, and re- > welded. > > http://picasaweb.google.com/allanstreib...
• Re: Smoooooooth Shifting
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 2 Dec 1995 00:15:21 -0600 (CST)
  ...The main problem I could find was that the front shift nylon bushing close to the gearshift lever had disintegrated from the from the...
• Re: Frankenshifter
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:18:04 -0500
  ...I got the gearshift lever out >> and discovered -- it's a Frankenshifter. It's been cut, and re- >> welded. >> >> http://picasaweb.google.com/allanstreib...
• Re: part number
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Wed, 2 May 2001 09:07:04 -0600
  ...823 711 643 A - ball socket for gearshift lever 823 711 199 - pressure spring 251 711 645 - hemisphere 823 711 255 - bearing for socket...
• Re: Tranny Whinning in 84 Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 18 Sep 2011 10:15:44 -0400
  ...If the gearshift lever moves when load is applied-removed in 3rd-4th gears this is also a main shaft bearing or gear carrier...
• Frankenshifter
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sat, 19 Jan 2008 15:29:58 -0500
  ...So, I thought I would take the gearshift pivot stuff apart and see whether it looked significantly worn. I got the gearshift lever out...
• Re: [Re: part number]
  Historical mailing list - Joe Fortino
  Wed, 2 May 2001 10:33:53 MDT
  ...823 711 643 A - ball socket for gearshift lever 823 711 199 - pressure spring 251 711 645 - hemisphere 823 711 255 - bearing for socket...
• Re: Backup Lights Always On, Stiff Shifter. "Selector shaft, modifications" P 35.60a
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Mon, 12 Apr 2010 17:51:31 -0400
  ...If you take the "gearshift lever" (251 711 221 F) and the "locking cover" (091 301 232 A) off the selector shaft will slide...
• Re: Tranny Whinning in 84 Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Buese Thomas
  Sun, 18 Sep 2011 16:41:22 -0600
  ...If the gearshift > lever moves > when load is applied-removed in 3rd-4th gears this is also a main > shaft > bearing or gear carrier...
• Clutch or tranny issue help nneded
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Tue, 29 Apr 2003 10:46:01 -0400
  ...BUT, I have never encountered this noise - definitely a bearing-type roar. I would again suspect the TO bearing, but it does not do...
• Re: [Re: part number]
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 2 May 2001 11:50:37 -0700
  ...823 711 643 A - ball socket for gearshift lever 823 711 199 - pressure spring 251 711 645 - hemisphere 823 711 255 - bearing for socket...
• Re: Backup Lights Always On, Stiff Shifter. "Selector shaft, modifications" P 35.60a
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:55:30 -0700
  ...had it fixed in under an hour. �If you take the "gearshift > lever" (251 711 221 F) and the "locking cover" (091 301 232...
• Road Test: 1991 VW SA 2,5i Caravelle
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 14 Dec 95 14:51:46 CST
  ...something needs to be done about that gearshift". By the time we assessed another 2,1-litre Caravelle, this time in Syncro 4x4 form...
• stuff, like grab handles and courtesy lights and such ...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 6 May 1999 14:30:53 -0700
  ...one drink-holder-thing on each side of the gearshift (leaving room for the gearshift to move around). not much of a reach down...
• some stuff i did to my buses ...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 14 Jan 2001 23:53:35 -0600
  ...one drink-holder-thing on each side of the gearshift (leaving room for the gearshift to move around). not much of a reach down...
• Re: Speaking of modifications...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 6 Apr 2002 01:31:34 -0600
  ...one drink-holder-thing on each side of the gearshift (leaving room for the gearshift to move around). not much of a reach down...