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dangerous 23 Windows of Awesome

5,901 posts · joined Jan 2005 ·

#628283
Dak-a-Tak asked me to rebush his nose cone.
Problem was it was quite a rare one from a 67 bus and it used a weird bush size.
Now that I have my lathe up and running I made a one piece bush and seal holder to fix it.
Turned out pretty salubrious.







While I was at it,
I rebushed an early nose cone for RAZ-34(Rod) for his bus conversion tranny.
The conversion required an early nose cone that has NO seal.



This is needed because they shorten the hockey stick to make it all fit far enough forward.
If the bush wears on these ones, it WILL leak oil,
whereas the later one with a seal can bear a bit of wear before leaking(despite the shift quality being crappy when worn).

westi wrote:That's mad Alan.

56astro Custom Title Time!

1,772 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#628284
What CAN'T you do?

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VW car, VW engine ...... keepin it "real"
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dangerous 23 Windows of Awesome

5,901 posts · joined Jan 2005 ·

#628286
I have also set up and re-bushed some intermediate housings.
When these wear it is amost impossible to get into gear
unless you use the exact same worn out fork that was in there.
But once it is done,
they shift really nicely.

These are not washed but you get the idea.
This 2lt bus one needed both 1/2 and 3/4 rods rebushed:



This one only needed 3/4 done:



Here is a shot from the other side:



Here is an early and late bug housing done as well:



westi wrote:That's mad Alan.

dangerous 23 Windows of Awesome

5,901 posts · joined Jan 2005 ·

#628290
56astro wrote:What CAN'T you do?

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Many things I cant do.....yet!

Lke find a woman that understands me.
westi wrote:That's mad Alan.

h fractals - an ever changing lifestyle

7,671 posts · joined Feb 2005 ·

#628292
dangerous wrote:
56astro wrote:What CAN'T you do?

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Many things I cant do.....yet!

Lke find a woman that understands me.
man thats like the search for the eternal holy grail..
good work you've done there..
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Golde60 Fahrvergnugen

858 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#628434
cant live with them

cant kill them
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2,534 posts · joined Mar 2007 ·

#628472
Mate I've got one but she still doesn't fully understand me and prolly never will.(the obsession with VW's anyway)
ACCEPT THAT SOME DAYS YOU ARE THE PIDGEON AND SOME DAYS YOU ARE THE STATUE

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Old Dubber Wolfsburg Wizard

605 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#628570
dangerous,

Nice one!
While you are on a roll, make up an adapter to "face" the nose cone. Makes it easier to adjust the preload on the main shaft and drive pinion.
Grahame
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vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#628576
Lke find a woman that understands me.
Dave dont worry about it just keep going to the local in the end it will work out cheaper and u probally only need to go tehre once or twice a week

hire buy the hour rather than buy outright in this case

Opps forgot to say yes nice work as always have you made a food bowl for the dog yet ??? nice spun alloy would be good
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dangerous 23 Windows of Awesome

5,901 posts · joined Jan 2005 ·

#628585
Old Dubber wrote:dangerous,

Nice one!
While you are on a roll, make up an adapter to "face" the nose cone. Makes it easier to adjust the preload on the main shaft and drive pinion.
Yep got that under control Graham,
bus and bug.
westi wrote:That's mad Alan.