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yu
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 Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2018 2:51 am Post subject: Axle stub shaft for Bay window bus from 68 to 70 |
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I have an axle stub shaft for bay window bus and I know there is two different lengths according to model year.
Does anyone know the length of the axle stub shaft for bay window bus 1968 to 1970?
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kreemoweet
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| Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2018 10:03 am Post subject: Re: Axle stub shaft for Bay window bus from 68 to 70 |
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What are the units on that strange tape measure?
Anyway, all I have at hand is a 71-79 stub axle, which is 8.25 in. long (approx).
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yu
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| Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2018 6:00 pm Post subject: Re: Axle stub shaft for Bay window bus from 68 to 70 |
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| kreemoweet wrote: |
What are the units on that strange tape measure?
Anyway, all I have at hand is a 71-79 stub axle, which is 8.25 in. long (approx). |
The units on the tape measure are centimeter and meter.
Thank you for your information! |
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SGKent 
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| Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2018 6:03 pm Post subject: Re: Axle stub shaft for Bay window bus from 68 to 70 |
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better mic that area where the outer bearing / seal rides. Looks a little worn.
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Ceckert64
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| Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 9:13 am Post subject: Re: Axle stub shaft for Bay window bus from 68 to 70 |
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Hello, so I need some help. I just bought a 72 Westfalia. The person I got it from had just done brake work but hadn’t adjusted brakes, so I noticed there was a gap between the nut and the hub  I looked and noticed the nut was against the splines And it was almost past the hole for the cotter pin. The tranny and CVs are out already so I decided to remove the stub axle to see if the bearing retainer ( the piece that goes between the two bearings) was in because there was an extra one in a box, but it’s in there and both bearings are in. The length is 9 inches on it, so that is too long then, correct? Would it be an earlier bay stub axle? Thanks for the help.
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kreemoweet
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| Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2020 6:11 pm Post subject: Re: Axle stub shaft for Bay window bus from 68 to 70 |
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| Ceckert64 wrote: |
| Would it be an earlier bay stub axle? |
So it seems. And missing the spacer that goes outside the outer bearing that was used with the earlier stub axle. Are
you sure that's not what was in the box?
There are 71-79 stub axles and hubs and bearing housings for sale in TheSamba's classified ad section, FYI.
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Ceckert64
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| Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2020 5:03 pm Post subject: Re: Axle stub shaft for Bay window bus from 68 to 70 |
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| kreemoweet wrote: |
| Ceckert64 wrote: |
| Would it be an earlier bay stub axle? |
So it seems. And missing the spacer that goes outside the outer bearing that was used with the earlier stub axle. Are
you sure that's not what was in the box?
There are 71-79 stub axles and hubs and bearing housings for sale in TheSamba's classified ad section, FYI. |
Thanks, for the confirmation. The spacer wasn’t in the box. I ended up getting one at the junkyard a few days ago and installed it. The one in there was an inch longer, the tall one was the earlier one that was installed
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