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Subject:Re: Discovered my clutch failure reason.
From:Alistair Bell
Date:Mon, 24 May 2021 16:12:35 -0700

Was thinking same but straight pin.

Roll pin better. 

Alistair 

> On May 24, 2021, at 4:10 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Fabricate an arm with ball stud and 20mm hole. Drill shaft end with arm in position for 5 mm roll pin.
> 
> Dennis
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> On Behalf Of Alistair Bell
> Sent: Monday, May 24, 2021 6:37 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Discovered my clutch failure reason.
> 
> Oh Neil, you’re as bad as me :-)
> 
> Nope, bug arm has splines in diff place. 
> 
> I’ll find a used one I’m sure. But it has given me a few hours of thought about how I would go about making a sub. I’d do away with the splines in the arm as I can’t make them… I’d do some other way.
> 
> Oh btw, the clutch cross shaft is a nice 19.99 mm diameter where the arm goes on. It’s a nice close fit to the arm ( haven’t measured arm bore yet. I’ll guess it’s 20.00mm)
> 
> Alistair 
> 
>> On May 24, 2021, at 3:10 PM, Neil <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> If by some miracle a Bug COL fit, I think it would be pretty easy to 
>> weld a ball to arm:
>> 
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>> Neil.
>> 
>>>> On 5/24/21, Neil <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Sorry. Looked in all my boxes of Vanagon parts. No COL.
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Neil n
>> 
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