Steering Coupling Disc 211415417 (coupler)

[SGKent]

from below. You have to remove all four bolts and the one that holds it to the steering gear. Then replace the puck and put everything back. The steering may be off by a tiny bit if you rotate the steering at all while that one bolt that holds the clamp to the steering gear.
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“Most people don’t know what they’re doing, and a lot of them are really good at it.” - George Carlin

[ivwshane]

Do I remove the one bolt first? How do I keep the column from moving while trying to remove the nuts?
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77 westy 2.0 FI
69 ghia coup 1600dp
70 single cab

[busdaddy]

[airschooled]

[alman72]

http://www.kieftenklok.nl/shop/index.php/en/homepa...-79-detail

[Abscate]

I observed while Emma and Sven did this job on Big Emma last night.

Late Bay

The steering column has about 3-5 cm if axial play in it. None of the bolts or washers were original. The premium Quality coupler was somewhat munched and one of the bushings had separated from the rubber

I think Big Emma is missing the bushing and ring which keeps the shaft axial
Play minimal. Without that bushing, each steering event flexes the coupling up and it fatigue fails.

Bentley shows that the nuts go on the rubber side, so bolts down from the top and up from the bottom. We used washers and Nylocks M8

Asiab informed me he has seen unmolested busses with all four bolts facing down.
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.ssS!

[GoBigEmma]

[kreemoweet]

[bvolks]

Has anybody tried this one, made by Dansk?

https://store.concept1.ca/Steering-Coupler-Bus-68-79-211415417-JP
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1985 Diesel Jetta Coupe (temporarily retired at
756,000 km)
1971 Doublecab project
1995 Golf CL
1974 Beetle
1978 Westfalia

[alman72]

[bvolks]

[kreemoweet]

[bvolks]

That's odd. I got my daughter to try it and it works for her.

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1985 Diesel Jetta Coupe (temporarily retired at
756,000 km)
1971 Doublecab project
1995 Golf CL
1974 Beetle
1978 Westfalia

[tristessa]

I think their site automagically detects if you're coming from the US or Canada, which screws up the link. I also got a Page Not Found, then entered
the part number and it took me to a usstore.concept1.ca page.

Try: http://usstore.concept1.ca/Steering-Coupler-Bus-68-79-211415417-JP-64004/

That said, if it's anything like the JP Group sway bar clamps I tried working with a couple months ago I'd run far far away. Steering coupler is *far* more safety-critical than swap bar clamps...

[vw nutter]

I read this whole thread, great read.
Since i also needed this part, my hunt began to find the best solution!
With a lot of correct & incorrect info on this part i had to find out myself.

I have spent a few weeks searching and researching about the 211415417 T2 bus steering coupling.

I also tested almost every coupling type on the current market and came to the conclusions that ALL of them are JUNK.,
The following are just some i tried;
C&C/ OEM, Premium quality, Richard Davies type.
All of which were very soft and could easily be bent/ taco'd in half.

Unfortunately they are all produced now to a price and not quality.

My conclusion is;
There are NO good couplings on the market.

However, i did locate a manufacturer who was one of the original producers of the disc, they can reproduce the disc to original spec now but the cost is very high even for larger quantities due to each disc being handmade in a mould.

[ivwshane]

[wcfvw69]

[KentABQ]

[vw nutter]

Did you actually try the one from Richard Davies?[/quote]

YES i bought 50 pieces off him, They were ALL JUNK. I returned them all back to him.

[vw nutter]

[quote="wcfvw69".[/quote]

The NOS couplers are still out there. I stumbled across (4) at a VW swap a couple of years ago.[/quote]

YES but VERY hard to find,
I struck it lucky this week and found 9 original VW ones and some beetle original VW ones from an old VW dealer who had old stock left, they were stored cool and in the dark. The quality is night and day compared to all the repro junk on the current market.

. im happy now!