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Dazco wrote: ↑23 Feb 2021, 06:29
Look forward to seeing it.

Cheers! I've started this to force myself to take photos along the way, as usually I've found and solved issues with no photos or documentation of progress!

What else have you restored? It’s fun to do until you’ve spent 3 times the vans Value and it’s only half finished :o We've got 3 beetles aswell, one has become a donor and the other two are runners, a '68 & '72. The '72 has had the most work carried out currently, I built a nice 1776 engine for...

Hi Everyone one! I'm going to use this thread to document the gradual restoration of our 1990 GL Caravelle. It's in good condition for its age especially underneath, it looks to have see very few salt road miles but is obviously shows signs of its age. So! The plan is to restore and document as we g...

Just to give an update, I ordered new bearings from brickwerks, measured the OD, and housing bore Dia and checked for out out of round, happy with my measurements being within limits of 660, I used loctite 660 with applicable activator on Installation. I'll post back after some miles with results an...

Hi Guys news on here,

I've got a 1990 GL Caravelle, with the usual rear wheel bearing housing play.

Has anyone successfully sleeved them to accept standard bearings or know of any oversized bearings available? Or is it a case of replacements?

Cheers

Ben