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• Wiper Arm Question
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:18:18 -0400
  ...I had cleaned all the loose metal out of the splines on the shaft, and noticed that the matching splines in my old arm...
• Re: Wiper Arm Question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:24:17 -0400
  ...wrote: > My question is, are the splines cut into the new arm upon attaching to the > shaft, or should the arm of had splines...
• Re: windshield wipter worries
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 19 Jun 2001 16:55:48 -0400
  ...Pick the soft metal out from the shaft splines with a pin. Replace arm and tighten firmly to cut new splines in the socket...
• Re: Loose wiper arm
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 3 Mar 2009 14:29:29 -0500
  ...Our passenger side wiper arm is really >starting to flop around and the splines are very worn. Can someone please Clean the splines on...
• Re: wipers won't stay tight
  Historical mailing list - James Creech
  Fri, 15 Dec 2000 13:24:46 -0500
  ...That will wipe off the pot-metal splines and leave a smooth surface > again. Dig the metal out from between the splines on the...
• Re: Wiper Shaft Stripped
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:21:50 -0700
  Are you sure the splines are gone?? the splines are hard metal (steel) the wiper arm socket it soft metal (pot?). The splines will...
• Re: Wiper arms.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 3 May 2000 15:19:12 -0400
  ...When first installed, the arm is pressed down onto the splines, which cut corresponding splines in the socket. If the arm is overtorqued, the...
• Syncro front hub question
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Fri, 21 Jul 2000 16:12:43 EDT
  Does anybody know if the splines in the front hub of the Sycnros are the same as the splines in the rear? Need info...
• Re: Wiper Arm Question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:26:15 -0400
  ...wrote: >My question is, are the splines cut into the new arm upon attaching to the >shaft, or should the arm of had splines...
• Re: Tranny swap: All Forward Gears too High.
  Historical mailing list - Michael Tevis
  Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:42:25 -0400
  ...i rotated the shifter shaft on the splines one spline over. these are the splines on the shifter shaft near the u-joint where...
• Wiper splines are trashed, how to fix?
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Wed, 26 Mar 2003 10:23:41 -0700
  The recent 4 feet of WET snow trashed my windshield wiper splines. Is there a way to fix them? Some steel insert to help...
• Re: wiper blades
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:57:23 -0400
  ...is the only fix to replace the arm??? Take a small sharp tool and clean all the metal out from between the splines on...
• Re: Trans. Install: Input shaft & clutch splines
  Historical mailing list - dylan
  Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:10:15 -0700
  forcing it will do damage to the splines. not recommended. get a clutch alignment tool. they are given with complete clutch kits. makes the...
• Re: Trans. Install: Input shaft & clutch splines
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:11:47 -0700
  ...I have seen where after a lot of horsing around and not getting the splines to engage ....the splines of the clutch disc got...
• Re: Trans. Install: Input shaft & clutch splines
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:35:28 -0800
  ...Did that > > I have seen where after a lot of horsing around and not getting the splines > to engage ....the splines of the clutch...
• Re: Syncro front hub question
  Historical mailing list - John
  Fri, 21 Jul 2000 16:39:58 -0400
  Benjamin Tan wrote: > > Does anybody know if the splines in the front hub of the Sycnros are the same > as the splines in the...
• Re: Wiper Arm Question
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:34:26 -0400
  ...wrote: >My question is, are the splines cut into the new arm upon attaching to the >shaft, or should the arm of had splines...
• Re: Wiper Shaft Stripped
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:28:55 -0400
  ...The splines are quite small and have to engage the splines that you've cut into the soft metal of the arm. Anything between...
• Re: Trans. Install: Input shaft & clutch splines
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:58:07 -0800
  ...Input shaft & clutch splines > > Hi all. > > When installing the transmission, is it obvious if input shaft/clutch > splines aren't lining up? Is it...
• Re: Next Question: Transmission Linkage
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Tue, 31 Mar 1998 07:54:42 -0500
  ...The splines on the shaft make a good impression on the adjusting sleeve and then when the time comes to do an adjustment both...
• Clutch Disc, installing
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Clutch Disc, installing
  February 28, 1989
  The clutch disc hub and matching splines of the mainshaft are not to be lubricated with MOS2 grease as described in the repair manual...
• Re: Wiper Adjustments?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:19:44 -0500
  ...Then put the wiper arms back on the splines (with wiper in proper position, of course) and tighten the 10mm nut. New splines are...
• Re: Momo wheel hub adapter for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sat, 18 Nov 2000 20:31:39 EST
  David, The splines are the same but Momo uses a different part number for it. #8012 instead of #8010. I was told that the...
• Re: Discovered my clutch failure reason.
  Historical mailing list - Neil
  Mon, 24 May 2021 15:01:24 -0700
  > But the internal splines, and they are proud, not > recessed. Ah, right. Yes. I understand. Sorry. Looked in all my boxes of Vanagon parts...
• Re: Discovered my clutch failure reason.
  Historical mailing list - William Monk
  Tue, 25 May 2021 01:14:16 -0400
  ...I would like to see how far off the gas and diesel splines are off from each other. You could add the splines to...
• Re: skylight knob?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Moritz
  Wed, 8 Aug 2001 18:37:44 -0700
  ...After cleaning off any fragments of shreaded plastic from the shaft splines I applied some Vasoline to the splines and then wiped off the...
• Re: 87 Westy Wiper Mechanism Question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 4 May 2002 02:17:02 -0400
  ...Anyway, I found a new OEM wiper mechanism in the > glovebox, and sure enough, the driver-side wiper is stripped. (The > splines are stripped...
• Re: Windshield wipers
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 25 Feb 2004 21:33:56 -0500
  On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, James V wrote: > If tightening the wiper on the shaft doesn't do it, then the splines are > probably...
• Trans. Install: Input shaft & clutch splines
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:52:08 -0800
  ...When installing the transmission, is it obvious if input shaft/clutch splines aren't lining up? Is it possible the transmission can be "forced...
• Re: windshield wiper - fixed
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 10 Oct 2004 00:54:29 -0400
  ...It's not...you have to clean out the splines on the shaft so that when you tighten the arm firmly it cuts new...
• Re: Wiper arm flapping all over the place
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 9 Dec 2017 15:33:51 -0500
  ...Pick the metal carefully out of the splines on the shaft. If this has never happened before that may be all you need to...
• Re: drooping wiper blade
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 3 Jul 1999 00:48:06 -0400
  ...The shaft is splined with very thin sharp tapered splines, and the head of the arm is made of/filled with pot metal. A...
• Re: windshield wiper repair
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 18 Aug 2012 18:35:14 -0500
  ...If you have a small enough hole left to marry to the splines > without them sticking out too far or the arm bottoming on...
• Re: Fixed my wiper arm on my lunch break!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 20 May 2009 16:27:06 -0400
  ...I'm keeping the new assembly in the car just in Excellent! Now take the loupe again and inspect the splines on the shaft...
• Re: windshield wiper repair just musing this time
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 19 Aug 2012 14:00:37 -0500
  ...If you have a small enough hole left to marry to the splines > > without them sticking out too far or the arm bottoming on...
• Re: Brake Drums?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sat, 31 Jan 2004 14:44:38 -0500
  ...I've heard horror stories about slightly loose ones causing stripped hub splines. I'm told that once it starts to work loose once...
• Re: Loose wiper arm
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 3 Mar 2009 16:39:30 -0500
  ...The shaft should end up with shiny splines with no gray lines between them. -- David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy...
• Re: Quick freeze, wipers on...
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Sat, 17 Dec 2005 08:51:30 -0600
  ...I have had mine come loose and not enbage the splines on the drive shafts and flop around as you describe. Take the arms...
• Re: Wiper Arm Question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:22:36 -0500
  ...wrote: >>My question is, are the splines cut into the new arm upon attaching to the >>shaft, or should the arm of had splines...
• Re: Trans. Install: Input shaft & clutch splines
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:21:54 -0700
  On Mar 20, 2010, at 1:46 PM, neil n wrote: > > When installing the transmission, is it obvious if input shaft/clutch > splines aren...
• Re: CV Joint separation from axle shaft
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Thu, 25 Nov 1999 14:34:07 -0800
  ...And, yes, pros like me and others use this tech if inspection shows no burrs of note from wear on the splines or at...
• Re: Didn't know there was two different CV joints.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 22 Dec 2004 16:06:50 -0600
  ...There are two many splines on the new CV. >Which buses use the lessor spline and which use the more splines? >How long should...
• Clutch lever arms
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 27 May 2021 18:06:43 -0700
  ...They differ in the spline location , only clocked a couple of splines off from each other. I ignorantly installed a diesel arm on my...
• Re: Wiper Arm Knurling - How does it work?
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Tue, 21 Sep 2010 11:34:31 -0600
  ...I have tried it in the past, but have found the best solution is to clean the pot metal from the splines of the...
• Re: wipers
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 1 Feb 2000 23:07:08 -0500
  ...If the space btw the splines is filled with metal from the wiper arms, dig it out and then tighten wiper arm firmly onto...
• Re: Wiper arms.
  Historical mailing list - Carl Krucke
  Sat, 6 May 2000 10:45:41 -0400
  ...Completely cleaning the splines on the shaft is critical. A stiff wire brush wasn't enough for mine, I used a machinist's scribe...
• Re: Why won't my engine go in?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sat, 5 Oct 2002 16:21:49 EDT
  Do you like ryhmes? Align the splines. George
• Re: Syncro-Tech. front axle Question
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 14 Oct 1996 19:37:14 -0400
  > When installing the outer front CV joint into the wheel > hub Bentley wants the splines to be lock compounded to the > hub! Bentley manual...
• Re: Wiper Shaft Stripped
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 23 Sep 2011 11:18:46 -0700
  ...Mark craig cowan wrote: > I took a razor blade and cleaned out the splines of the shaft. As you guys > had suggested, it was...
• Re: Discovered my clutch failure reason.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 24 May 2021 22:52:40 -0700
  ...I would like to see how far off the gas and diesel splines are off from each other. You could add the splines to...
• Re: Trans. Install: Input shaft & clutch splines
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:23:25 -0700
  ...Did that > > >> >> I have seen where after a lot of horsing around and not getting the >> splines >> to engage ....the splines of the clutch...
• Didn't know there was two different CV joints.
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Wed, 22 Dec 2004 08:41:44 -0600
  ...There are two many splines on the new CV. Which buses use the lessor spline and which use the more splines? How long should...
• Re: Fixed my wiper arm on my lunch break!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 20 May 2009 15:30:06 -0500
  ...I'm keeping the new assembly in the car just in > > Excellent! �Now take the loupe again and inspect the splines on the shaft...
• Re: Tranny swap: All Forward Gears too High.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:06:50 -0700
  ...i rotated the shifter shaft on the splines one spline over. these are > the splines on the shifter shaft near the u-joint where...
• Re: Window crank extenders
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Fri, 8 Dec 2000 16:25:41 EST
  ...They are plastic and even using the recommended crazy glue to glue the mating splines together before using the longer screw, with use the...
• Solved: Any tips on the last inch transmission mounting?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 14 May 2011 16:25:24 -0400
  ...people to remind me that the splines on the shaft had to line up with the splines on the clutch...transmission in gear, a...
• Re: Wiper splines are trashed, how to fix?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 26 Mar 2003 11:41:11 -0600
  ...The fist route is to just wire brush the old aluminum out of the splines and tighten down the arms in normal fashion. The...
• Re: Removing CV from axle shaft?
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Mon, 22 Sep 2003 08:27:52 -0700
  At 07:18 AM 09/22/2003, you wrote: >I had to file the splines clean to fix the mushrooming that was keeping it...
• Re: Discovered my clutch failure reason.
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 26 May 2021 09:02:09 -0600
  ...I would like to see how far off the gas and diesel splines are off from each other. You could add the splines to...
• putting long studs into a syncro's rear wheels (longish x-post)
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Mon, 19 Nov 2001 12:20:25 -0800
  ...this one pulled through easier because the splines were not cutting out the lugnut's threads after the splines came through the hub. once...