Date:         Fri, 12 Mar 2004 22:50:06 -0800
Reply-To:     mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: Front Wheel Bearing Problems
Comments: To: vanagon@BILL-COLLINS.NET
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Yes, there was a transition for the size of the front outer bearing.
Please tell us your VIN#. Not the whole long thing but starting with the
10th digit from the left. Should be a letter followed by another letter
and then 5 or 6 numbers. Those letters and numbers can be looked up in
the VW parts data to see which of the bearing part numbers you need.

Mark

Bill Collins wrote:
>
> I tried to replace the front wheel bearings on my '84 Westy today and ran
> into a problem.  The inner bearings won't fit on the spindle (they are
> .005 inch smaller than the spindle.  I figured I had the wrong bearings,
> so I went to the local FLAPS and got another set (the first set came from
> a list vendor, not the FLAPS).  They have the same problem!
>
> Is '84 a transition year where they used two slightly different bearings?
> Any other ideas?
>
> Bill