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Subject:Re: what happened to my thrust washer?
From:ralph meyermann
Date:Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:31:16 -0600

Seems ill have to double check the year on my parts donor mine is an 82
westy may have to get the front end off of it ;-)

On Apr 20, 2011 6:15 PM, "neil n" <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks Mark.

I figured the Vanagon would be markedly heavier than a Bay. Enough to
warrant a change in outer bearing design. But....

Here: http://www.vanagon.com/info/years/1980/index.htm#1980_vanagon
P22  camper is:

GVWR: 5072 lb

.pdf of owners manual sez: '79 Bay campmobile GVWR: 4961 lbs  That
minor difference surprises me.

Seems VW knows more about their product design than I do.    ;)

Neil.

On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 3:17 PM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:
> Don't get too wrapped ...

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