If the car had been sitting for a while the mean gremlins of crosion could be your enemy. I do not know where your battery is located in relation to the starter, but you may have a bad connection from the battery terminal to the battery cable, the battery cable itself could be full of crosion, which would increase the resistance of power to the…[Read more]

Ed

Sorry  – assumed it snapped off in the nut when it broke.

Will take a look – if I can one it’s yours.

Thanks, guys. It’s the driver’s side. (counter-clockwise to tighten). But I only need the pinch bolt. The split nut seems to be undamaged.

Thanks, guys. It’s the driver’s side. (normal threads). But I only need the pinch bolt. The split nut seems to be undamaged.

Shu. If you can’t find any let me know. I have two new ones (one of each) in my parts bin. Left over from a Beetle I did a few years before getting the TDr. I’ll mail them up to you Ed if Shu doesn’t find his. I don’t foresee using them.

Ed

I will take a look in my VW coffee can- I might – which side do you need?

Turning right to tighten or turning left to tighten?

Or not enough!

Hey does anyone have one of these bearing adjuster pinch bolts you could mail me? I’d buy two new nuts but the shipping from Cip1 will kill me and I don’t have a long enough shopping list to get to free shipping….

Ed, you’re thinking too much.   (I think 😐 )

Went to put on the front wheels tonight to get Bridget back to rolling status. Whoops.

Ratza-fratza…

Here’s an interesting observation I hope Roy (he of the vast wire wheel experience) will clear up:

The left (driver’s) side wire wheel hub spins on clockwise (i.e. normal threads). But the bearing keepers on that side spin on counter-clockwise. Hmmm.