The Vanagon axle lengths are in the Hayes manual for 80-83 Air Cooled
Vanagon.
Possibly the lengths are in Hayes bus 68/69-79 manual and the 83.5-1991
WBXer manual.

Stan Wilder
Engine Ceramics
214-352-4931
www.engineceramics.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonce Fancher" <streetbugs@WHISPLLC.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 6:15 PM
Subject: Re: CV Joint Dog Bone Question Years

> i figured they were different i was just wanting someone to tell me by how
much different? that is all. had anyone held  a bay axle up to a vanagon
axle just
> for grins. i knew the auto vs. manual differences but not the bay vs.
vanagon differences. any idea of difference in length in inches? just for
reference is all.
> thanks for your response. Jonce
>
> >> i checked bus depot and the numbers are different for the dog
> >> bone. but the cvs are all the same from 68-91 as i thought.
> >> the axles are probably different but are they really? and by
> >> how much?
>
> >If they were interchangeable I'd only sell one of them. Why would I stock
> >two different parts when one would do both jobs?  A Vanagon is wider than
a
> >bus; hence the axle shaft must be longer in order to reach from the
> >transaxle to the wheel. This is why the axle shaft is different even
though
> >the CV joint is the same. Also the shaft differs for an auto trans model
> >versus a manual trans one.
>
> >- Ron Salmon
> >  The Bus Depot, Inc.
> >  www.busdepot.com
> >  (215)  234-VWVW
>
> >_____________________________________________
> >Toll-Free for Orders by PART # :  1-866-BUS-DEPOT
>
>
>
> Jonce Fancher
>
> 57 Single Cab
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> 66 Variant Squareback
> 71 Sunroof Bus
> 75 911S Sunroof
> 84 Vanagon "Godfried"
> 85 Vanagon Westi
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