Actually, there are 3, 251 419 417 B (2 if you have Power Steering)

Bus Depot Link:
http://www.busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=251419417B

CIP1 Link
http://www2.cip1.com/SearchResults.asp?Search=251-419-417

See the locations if you have ETKA - Item 7, Illustration 52-00, or check
your Bentley, it has an excellent breakdown of the steering system stuff.
--
Jim Thompson
84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
73 K Ghia Coupe "Denise"
72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
oldvolkshome@gmail.com
http://www.oldvolkshome.com
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On 2/5/07, Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@optonline.net> wrote:
>
> There are two of those couplers, one above the right angle gear box. If
> you think the lower one looks bad, the top one may scare you.
>
> Dennis
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jeff Stewart
> Date: Monday, February 5, 2007 10:53 am
> Subject: Misc. Vanagon Ramblings & Steering Coupler
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
> > Too cold this weekend here in Virginia to work on either of my
> > buses, so I took them both out for a cruise. First was my '75
> > Westy, which hadn't been started in over 8 weeks. Dead battery,
> > of course, but with a jump it fired up. Took it on a 20 minute
> > cruise, it ran a bit rough the whole time, but at least I
> > knocked the rust off the front rotors. Then I took the '84
> > Vanagon out to run some errands, took my 13 yr old daughter with
> > me, she had not ridden in the Vanagon since I got it running.
> > She hates Vanagons, says they "aren't real VW's"- I tell her the
> > splitty folks say the same about the Bay window buses. Two
> > blocks from the house, her first comment, "It sure is quiet".
> > Half a mile from the house she says "the heat is nice". After
> > about a mile on the highway @ 65 mph she says it "rides nice". I
> > haven't fully convinced her yet, but I'm working on it. Anyway,
> > return home and decide to do at least one thing on my list-pull
> > off the piece of electrical tape over the oxy sensor light
> > and reset it. Slide under the front and reach up, find the
> > button and push it. Then I notice a rubber steering coupler,
> > looks just like the ones the Bays use, and it ain't looking too
> > good. I didn't know Vanagons had these. I checked Bus Depots
> > website, didn't find them listed for Vanagons, just for later
> > bays. Bentley shows it though, appears to be the exact same
> > part. I hope so, because I have a brand new one I never used on
> > the '75 (didn't need it), so if it's the same, it's going on the
> > Vanagon. Searched the archives looking for an answer, just found
> > a lot about swapping out power steering. Jeff
> >
> >
> > Jeff Stewart
> > fonman4277@earthlink.net
> > http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/vwcampersmidatlantic/
> > http://home.earthlink.net/~fonman4277/vanagon%5b1%5d?200712