Date:         Thu, 21 Oct 2010 08:55:56 -0700
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From:         Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Front wheel bearing differences
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Early 1984, specifically at Vin 25-E-023 828 is when they went to the later
bearing.

Informationally yours,
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Jim Thompson
84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
75 914 1.8 "Nancy"
Full Timing Since March 1999
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On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 4:10 AM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:

> The front outer spindle/bearing change was made very early in 1984 model
> year vans.
>
> Since the new model year production begins in August, the change
> occurred in the calender year 1983 but not to 83 vans.
>
> Mark
>
>
>
>
> Ed Duntz wrote:
>
>> There seems to be only one brake disc  for all '80 to '85 model years, but
>> more than one wheel bearing style (up to some time in '83, and then from mid
>> '83 on.) I'm wondering why the same disc could house two different wheel
>> bearings.
>>
>> I also noticed that the Bus Depot seems to list different chassis numbers
>> that correspond with the mid-year change of wheel bearings- they list the
>> same month and year, but different chassis numbers. It would seem that if
>> you're ordering early front wheel bearings from them, you might want to
>> cross reference with another vendor to see whether to order early or late.
>>
>> Ed in CT
>>
>>