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• tie rod end removal Q
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Sun, 14 Mar 2004 03:26:59 EST
  I need to separate the tie rod end from the steering knuckle to replace the boot on the steering rack. I suppose I could...
• Re: Stupid Bumper End Pieces
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:22:28 +1200
  > On Aug 25, 2009, at 2:52 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: > >> >> hot pink end caps . . . no end caps on black bumpers . . . hot pink...
• =?UTF-8?Q?Re:_ABA_engine_swap:_install_fuel_rail_end_for_end=3f_=28?= =?UTF-8?B?ZmxpcCAxODDCuik=?=
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Wed, 11 Oct 2017 14:42:12 -0700
  ...could use input. > > Has anyone installed an ABA fuel rail turned end for end (180º) so the fuel > hose end is near the firewall?
• Re: Removing tie rod ends?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 18 Jul 1996 23:30:01 -0800
  >To all, > >I am trying to remove the drag link from my 74 Westy, but the front >tie rod end is being a real...
• Re: end play measurement
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 10 May 2011 13:01:47 -0700
  Changing flywheels? Unless the depth of the crankshaft recess is IDENTICAL to the flywheel removed, it will indeed change the endplay. That distance IS...
• Re: Stupid Bumper End Pieces
  Historical mailing list - Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski
  Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:56:02 -0500
  ...no end caps on black bumpers . . . hot pink > end > caps . . . no end caps on black bumpers . . . > > How's a girl to decide? > > > -- > Mike "Rocket...
• Re: looking for a front swaybar (complete) to replace mine that has a broken ...
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 25 Jan 2006 10:52:45 -0500
  When I bought my 85 westy the end link on one side was missing. I have since found out that end link failure on...
• cv-joints: Constant Velocity Marihuana?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 07 Jul 94 14:05:20 CDT
  alistair bell said: >flip the axles end for end so that the "other faces" of the cv joints >are taking the wear (when driving...
• Re: fender parts (rear fiberglass bumper endcap bracket)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Vickey
  Sun, 22 Jan 2006 12:08:54 -0500
  ...those are called REAR BUMPER ENDCAPS :<) if your talking about the >metal brackets that hold the rear fiberglass bumper endcaps on - they all have...
• Anyone repaired plastic coolant tubes??
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Fri, 27 Oct 2006 11:03:32 -0700
  ...One end had completely corroded off.The end was still in the rubber hose. The owner had fixed this by screwing down tighter on...
• RE: Tie Rod Ends
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Tue, 14 Nov 1995 12:31:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...INNER tie rod ends, for an '80-'89 VANAGON. It has rack-and-pinion steering, and the inner ends are the parts that connect...
• Speedometer Cable End Repair-Update
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 2 Jun 1999 05:06:57 -0400
  My speedometer cable end has been repaired ! Welding ! Yes, welding ! I took my mig welder and with the wire extended just touched the surfaces...
• Re: CV Joint advice
  Historical mailing list - L&A Johnson
  Thu, 8 Jul 1999 14:57:18 -0400
  Larry Hamm wrote: > Matthew, > A better idea may be to just flip the axle end for end, leaving it on > the same side. This...
• Re: Snow white nightmare/iMac/CV jointitis
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Sat, 6 Jan 2001 12:13:40 -0700
  Stephen Steele wrote: > My local VW gurus > recommended just turning the half shafts around (end for end) and repacking > the grease. Stephen, Turning the...
• Which way do the end vents mount in the dashboard?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:30:10 -0600
  I'm trying to reassemble my dash and got the end vents (the ones on each end of the dash, on the top surface...
• Re: fender parts (rear fiberglass bumper endcap bracket)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 24 Jan 2006 03:23:59 EST
  In a message dated 1/22/06 12:21:51 PM Eastern Standard Time, vickrail@VELOCITY.NET writes: > Joy, According to ETKA, the end...
• best tie rod ends
  Historical mailing list - brett rueff
  Sun, 24 Feb 2013 23:42:39 +0000
  Both my tie rod ends are only 2 years old but ended up in bad shape after removal because the cotter pin was rusted...
• Re: Crankshaft Endplay Defies Me--Please Help
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Wed, 7 Mar 2001 03:02:10 -0600
  The way I understood it is VW calls for .004 endplay, so that when the engine is warmed up and the metal has expanded...
• Re: squeaky front end
  Historical mailing list - Troy Delnicki
  Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:34:14 -0400
  ...My mechanic said that the front end looked fine, other than one worn tie-rod end. He's got 22 years experience, so curious...
• End play specific to flywheel?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Jeffrey
  Sat, 14 May 2005 13:37:09 -0700
  ...is end play specific to a flywheel? If I change flywheels, do I have to reset end play? Or, more appropriate to my situation...
• End play
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:14:07 -0400
  ...I checked the endplay, it comes out to .006", the wear limit. I understand the reason it's ill-advised to adjust end play...
• Re: Swapping late sway bar links to '82?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:55:55 -0500
  Hey man, I just went and looked at my end links. I have both kinds on two 85s.Looks like maybe a toss up...
• Re: tie rod end removal Q
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Sun, 14 Mar 2004 04:07:16 -0500
  ...Any other ideas to keep from damaging the tie rod end and tie > rod end boot for this repair? > > Thanks > Jeff > 83.5 Westy...
• Re: need to replace boot on steering rack
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 26 Aug 2024 14:25:18 -0700
  ...I carefully marked the position of the tie rod end and removed it from the tie rod. I just had to slightly loosen the...
• Re: End play (was: Siezed pancake on table)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 26 Mar 1996 15:38:32 -0500
  Speaking of end-play. How does everyone check their end play? Do you have a fancy gauge, do you do the goofy Muir thing...
• Exhaust system discrepencies
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hudgik
  Sun, 14 Jun 1998 16:49:03 -0400
  ...The Bentley shows a beveled "donut" type gasket on one end and a flat gasket on the other. The "donut" gasket end of the...
• Re: Regreasing my CV's. Flip driveshafts on reinstall good idea?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:14:50 -0400
  At 06:09 PM 8/16/2009, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: >is the shaft just moved over and kept the same end-for-end...
• Re: 1982 accelerator cable
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Sun, 8 Jul 2007 19:16:39 -0500
  ...They should have reels of cable, a variety of ends, and the crimpers to swedge the ends onto the cable. If at all possible...
• Re: End play specific to flywheel?
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sun, 15 May 2005 13:43:51 -0400
  Mike the short answer is no the flywheels are ground to the same dept and the endplay should not change when the flywheel is...
• OP relief valve question
  Historical mailing list - radish150
  Sun, 29 Apr 2001 17:04:53 -0700
  The oil pressure relief valve system has a plug on the end of a spring. The plug has two ends, a flat side and...
• Re: tie rod end removal Q
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 14 Mar 2004 11:07:57 EST
  ...The better tool is a tie rod end extractor. It fits around the tie rod end and presses on the stud. I can't...
• Re: P/S Rack
  Historical mailing list - sg
  Mon, 19 Nov 2001 13:13:50 -0800
  ...maybe if i got a rubber mallet, i could bang on the end of the bolt securing the tie rod ends to the knuckle...
• Re: FW: CV Joint Swapping
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 21 Apr 2000 17:14:12 +1200
  >Flipping the axleshafts end-for-end *will* reverse their direction of >rotation. (Whether that will help them last longer, I do not know.) Of...
• Re: Big Brake options...Front Brakes do 80%
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Fri, 11 Jun 2021 12:27:05 -0700
  Again, just continuing that thought … “Worst case scenario”, with front end down lifting rear end, you have not only no braking, you have no...
• Re: tie rod end removal Q
  Historical mailing list - Don Deitke
  Sun, 14 Mar 2004 10:28:02 EST
  Take the nut totaly off the tie rod end ,oil or grease the rod threads // put the nut back on the thickness of the...
• bumper build - end cap attempt
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 2 Aug 2013 19:43:01 -0700
  I tried my hand at making an endcap for my bumper build. Not 100% successful, but getting there. It is harder than it looks...
• Re: Another Steering Rack Question
  Historical mailing list - Mark A. Kreuzer
  Sat, 13 May 2006 21:10:56 -0500
  ...In your case you would unscrew the tie rod end bolt, pickle fork the tie rod out, unscrew the end, slip the boot on...
• Re: Raingutter trim
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Wed, 30 Nov 2005 17:11:53 -0700
  ...They are held on by pins at > the ends, and when these are removed they just lift off. > -- Hmmm, pins on the ends? My...
• Re: Transmission Question
  Historical mailing list - NotaJeep
  Fri, 27 Feb 1998 22:13:33 EST
  ...another shaft, both shafts are held end to end by a 6mm stud screwed in the ends so...lots of slack up and down...
• tie-rod ends (second request)
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Wed, 21 Jun 2006 12:13:25 -0400
  ...I started getting a front-end clunk when I turn the steering wheel. It appears that there is something wrong with tie-rod ends...
• Re: Endplay Shims
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Sun, 13 Jul 97 16:25:59 -0500
  >In a message dated 97-07-13 04:30:26 EDT, oshaug@infinet.com (Bob >O'Shaughnessy) writes: > ><< Do they go around the end...
• Re: best tie rod ends
  Historical mailing list - Eric Ley
  Sun, 24 Feb 2013 18:53:31 -0500
  ...best tie rod ends > Both my tie rod ends are only 2 years old but ended up in bad shape after > removal because the...
• Re: Which way do the end vents mount in the dashboard?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:41:43 -0700
  ...the end vents (the ones on > each end of the dash, on the top surface, rectangular, with a vent > hole at each end). Does...
• Re: tie rod ends (second request)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 21 Jun 2006 21:50:14 -0500
  If you use an accurate caliper to measure from the center of the tie rod end to a known point on each tie rod...
• Re: Bushings on Stabilizer bar.
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sat, 18 Dec 2010 11:31:23 -0500
  ...Use some sandpaper to make sure the end of the sway bar is smooth.
• Re: Knocking sound
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 25 Jun 2018 14:45:55 -0400
  > > Can they be flipped end for end to put the driving force in the reverse > direct though? > That doesn't work. You can prove...
• FS: bumper end caps and mounting hardware, fits all years
  Historical mailing list - Mike Jeffrey
  Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:08:41 -0700
  ...Quantity Price Item Description ------------------------------ 2x $9.95 251 807 123A Bumper End 2x $9.95 251 807 124A Bumper End 4x $5.95 251...
• Re: cv-joints: Constant Velocity Marihuana?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Jul 94 16:06:26 PDT
  > >alistair bell said: > >>flip the axles end for end so that the "other faces" of the cv joints >>are taking the wear (when driving...
• Re: Supporting the pop top to remove the frame
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 21 Aug 2015 11:20:59 -0700
  ...A kit of ends to be epoxied into place and/or a replacement bar with solid ends would be very useful. Ends could be...
• Re: tie rod ends (second request)
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Wed, 21 Jun 2006 21:36:54 -0500
  Hi John, I recently replaced my tie rod ends. Pretty much a piece of cake. Remove the front wheel and remove the cotter pin...
• Re: tie-rod ends (second request)
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Wed, 21 Jun 2006 12:34:12 -0400
  Hey John, I just did my rack...seemed like those tie rod ends were one of the easiest parts...certainly not vanagon specific IMHO...
• Front End Alignment Needed?
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Thu, 16 Nov 2000 18:09:26 -0800
  Good evening Listees, As my departure for points south draws near I find I have many questions/loose ends... Here's one: I recently...
• Front End Alignment Needed?
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Thu, 16 Nov 2000 18:25:00 -0800
  Good evening Listees, As my departure for points south draws near I find I have many questions/loose ends... Here's one: I recently...
• Re: Rear? You mean FRONT
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:39:41 +1200
  >Where is the front of the engine located in a side winder ?------ >(Tornado, Eldorado, etc.) With transverse engines there's no front end, but...
• Re: best tie rod ends
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sun, 24 Feb 2013 17:47:32 -0600
  I have always had good luck with moog products, when I went thru my front end thats what I used. The boxes said made...
• Re: CV joint reversal?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:29:29 -0700
  ...Karl Wolz > Flip the pencil end-for-end -- no change. Use your other hand to > drive the pencil (with or without flipping it -- now...
• Re: best tie rod ends
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sun, 24 Feb 2013 17:49:18 -0600
  ...The > threads on the tie rod end are now trashed as well. Considering how cheap > they are im just going to get new ones...
• Re: P/S Rack
  Historical mailing list - Sean B.
  Mon, 19 Nov 2001 18:34:24 -0800
  When I took my front end apart, I just used a normal hammer and pounde from the bottom up and the tie rods came...
• Re: Installing front springs 2WD
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Thu, 15 Nov 2001 05:42:43 -0500
  ...Well great, the original ones have straight ends on the top > and the bottom. The new ones have straight ends with slight chamfers, but...
• Re: Stupid Bumper End Pieces
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:04:03 -0700
  I once considered a block of wood that was trimmed to fit on/in the bumper end, sort of a custom end cap. In...