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Subject:Re: Wheel beareing housing!
From:David Milo
Date:Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:33:22 -0400

Vanagon Reman Rear Axle Housings
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The infamous Terry Kay.

On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 6:49 PM, brady <dofunk@yahoo.com> wrote:

> OK gang so I'm looking for a Wheel bearing housing that unlike mine
> actually
> needs the bearings pressed in not just dropped in!
> The housing on the driver side is in such bad shape that the inner wheel
> bearings can just be dropped in and pulled out by hand!
> Every single rear wheel I've ever checked on a vanagon 2wd or 4wd has play
> in
> the wheel if you push in at the top.  Mine is so bad that the drum wore a
> hole
> through the backing plate on the bottom from being so out of line.
>
> So does anyone have any leads on a good used or hell for that matter a new
> housing?
>
> I'm running CV900 wheels with general grabber AT' 245/75/16 which are a
> little
> larger than stock wheels and do tax everything like the housing a bit more
> so I
> understand why they are as tired as they are.
> If no one out there has a good lead on a housing I may just have material
> added
> to it then machined down to repair what I've got.
> Hope to receive a flood of E-mails with good leads LOL!
> Brady in MA
> 2.0 Turbo Zetec Inside!
>

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