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• Re: Wear Index
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Tue, 15 Nov 94 9:13:33 PST
  ...Here is the updated index. VW Bus Relative Wear Index Year | Top Gear | Final Drive | Engine Revs | Stroke | Piston Travel | Ratio | Ratio | /Mile | | /Mile...
• Wear Index
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Thu, 10 Nov 94 10:10:39 PST
  ...Also, we need the stock tire size for the EV - the calculations thus far assumes 185R - 14 Reinforced VW Bus Relative Wear Index Year...
• Re: More wear index
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Tue, 29 Nov 94 13:48:08 PST
  ...The wear index gives only a relative measure of how much friction is occuring between piston and cylinders. As you point out, air-cooled...
• More wear index
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Tue, 29 Nov 94 10:43:04 PST
  ...like Breadloaf buses with 1600s and "mountain gears" VW Bus Relative Wear Index Year | Top Gear | Final Drive | Engine Revs | Stroke | Piston Travel | Ratio...
• Re: CV Joint separation from axle shaft
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Fri, 26 Nov 1999 16:45:41 -0700
  ...Note that the forces applied by the axle upon the wheel will cause wear in the same relative location. But if you then imagine...
• Re: [Q] Decreasing gear ratio
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Mon, 23 Jan 95 9:46:32 PST
  ...Unfortuneatly, the "mountain gears" mentioned in Haynes are not included in the wear index. VW Bus Relative Wear Index Year | Top Gear | Final Drive...
• Re: Clicking from rear axle and CV wear
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Sat, 11 Jan 1997 18:44:06 -0800
  ...How do the outer and inner joints compare in terms of relative > longevity? They do the same amount of work, they wear out in...
• Re: Road weary
  Historical mailing list - Kevin and Heather
  Tue, 28 Dec 1999 16:23:10 -0700
  ...http://home.earthlink.net/~keather/index.html Short of it is, we had a great time, definately not tired of "Westi Life", but my...
• Re: no GL-4 available
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Wed, 6 Sep 2000 01:35:23 PDT
  ...The synthetic base oils used have a very high viscosity index which provides relatively constant viscosity as temperature changes. MTL is a low 70W...
• Re: no GL-4 available
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 6 Sep 2000 19:20:43 -0500
  ...The synthetic base > oils used have a very high viscosity index which provides relatively > constant viscosity as temperature changes. MTL is a low 70W...
• Re: Top speed of a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Sun, 19 Mar 2000 17:14:24 -0800
  ...ftp://gerry.vanagon.com/pub/statistics/vw-bus-relative-wear-index.txt (it is an article by Dave Kautz entitled "Relative Wear Index.) It...
• Re: transaxle lubricant
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Wed, 2 Dec 1998 19:04:20 -0800
  ...The synthetic base oils used have a very high viscosity index which provides relatively constant viscosity as temperature changes. MTL is a low 75W...
• Re: What can go wrong..... (followup and short trip report) Steering Feel!
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 1 Aug 2017 14:29:09 -0700
  ...Preferably > they are XL or reinforced with a load index of 99. If not what is the max > inflation pressure? If 44 psi I...
• Back from the Snow
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Thu, 5 Jan 95 10:49:12 PST
  ...Do any wasserboxer owners have an oil temp gauge fitted? After going throught the exercise of the wear index, one of my conclusions was...
• Re: What can go wrong..... (followup and short trip report) Steering Feel!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 1 Aug 2017 20:29:10 +0000
  ...Preferably they are XL or reinforced with a load index of 99. If not what is the max inflation pressure? If 44 psi I...
• Doughnut Height Measurement Data
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Tue, 7 Jul 1998 11:58:47 -0400
  ...total and then measure his ride height at and compare it to mine. (Ideally, to allow for equal wear on the springs, they would...
• Re: Fw: Trip report--the big apple loved my big red van
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 3 Jun 2004 20:11:41 -0500
  ...They are finer oils designed to lube better and reduce wear. Regards John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Doug in Calif wrote: >Wow, >Imagine that...
• *very long* All you need to know on Synthetic oil
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Wed, 3 Apr 1996 16:32:53 CST6CDT
  ...A synthetic may require considerably less VI improver to have the same viscosity index. Remember that the VI improver wears out. Synthetic's are...
• Re: Nokian Tires
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Fri, 30 Dec 2005 01:54:24 -0500
  ...But it's relatively low compared to some other tires. For instance, BFG AT's make much more noise than these. The whine is...
• Ed Hackett's big oil FAQ (long) Subject: New oil data
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Jul 94 8:11:24 PDT
  ...All engine oils use an organic Zinc compound as an extreme pressure/anti wear additive. Spectro adds more to their Motorcycle oil than to...
• Lifting The Syncro For More Ground Clearance
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Tue, 16 Jun 1998 13:48:59 -0400
  ...By doing this, you increase the angle at which the driveshaft exits the front wheel, and hence put more wear and tear on the...
• Re: Newbie Oil Question (Facts added)(long)
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Re: Newbie Oil Question (Facts added)(long)
  2 Apr 92 19:33:31 GMT
  ...All engine oils use an organic Zinc compound as an extreme pressure/anti wear additive. Spectro adds more to their Motorcycle oil than to...
• Re: gas prices and fuel economy ... another slant :)
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:06:31 -0500
  ...It'll compromise comfort and wear as well. By the way, that "51-psi maximum" embossed on the sidewall is a tiremaker's upper...
• Re: Make Best of Synthetic Oil?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 18 Sep 1993 13:27:09 GMT
  ...All engine oils use an organic Zinc compound as an extreme pressure/anti wear additive. Spectro adds more to their Motorcycle oil than to...
• Re: Motor Oil (Synthetic)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:13:55 -0500
  ...Viscosity index improvers and multi-weight oils to the rescue. This did not work as well as planned as first. One difficulty was the...
• Road Test: 1991 VW SA 2,5i Caravelle
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 14 Dec 95 14:51:46 CST
  ...Despite some really hard driving at times, tyre wear was acceptable, with 50 per cent wear (front and rear) after 20000 km. Two more...