-----Original Message----- From: RAlanen@aol.com To: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com Sent: 6/14/00 9:29 PM Subject: Steering U-joint Found the steering U-joint on my '87 Westy making a clicking sound over the past weekend. Got under there yesterday and got it out. Really nice job that is ! All kinds of road crap falling in the eyes ! Anyways now the question is how to repair this little devil. Local VW dealer tells me it is $195.00. That's Canadian dollars my friends !! So being an economical kind of repair guy I went looking for a repair kit like on a "Normal" U-joint. Well, no way so far. Tried all the FLAPS and speciality shops and all the VW aftermarket sellers and no luck so far. Anybody out there deal with this little gremlin yet ? Tell me what you did please to avoid the VW thieves. Also noted that VW in it's infinite wisdom saw fit to install the trunion in the U-joint by peening over the lips on the end caps. So changing the trunion if on were to be located will be a PITA. Oh well, one Vanagon dilemma to sort out. Wouldn't want to start watching too many episodes of Survivors ! Cheers Frank Condelli '87 Westy & Lionel Trains Vanagon/Vanagon Westfailia Service for the Ottawa Valley STEBRO/Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust Systems Almonte, On Visit me on the web.......> <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/busindex.html">Frank Condelli & Associates< /A> or http://http://onward.to/frankcondelli Want to win $10,000? Click to enter!! <A HREF="http://irecommend-it.com/sh.e?22EC343C3B75">iRecommend-It Public Page for RAlanen@aol.com</A> |
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