Das Volks Vintage Volkswagen Gruppe
Long Island's source for the aircooled Volkswagen HobbyCrack Kills
6 posts
• Page 1 of 1
Crack Kills
by Raj » Tue Jan 13, 2015 5:15 pm
Came across this doing some upgrades to a buddies Thing... Yikes! Take heed folks.
Glenn wrote:I have to say, this "gruppe" is so much more than just a car club.
MrBreeze wrote:This is the DVG board. The threads flow as they flow.
Deal with it.
-
Raj - Posts: 2003
- Joined: Tue Sep 09, 2008 8:03 pm
- Location: Long Island, NY
Re: Crack Kills
by ObnoxiousBlue » Tue Jan 13, 2015 10:43 pm
Very much so, yes. Be especially careful of the Euromax couplers. I had one on the bus for a few weeks until it too began to buckle under torque. You can tell the Euromax's by their square shape with a quarter ($0.25) radius. The correct VW zones are more like a dime ($0.10) radius.
-
ObnoxiousBlue - Site Admin
- Posts: 1643
- Joined: Tue Sep 09, 2008 5:23 pm
- Location: Above ground...
- First Name: Mike
- Vehicle Year: 1977
- Model: Bus
Re: Crack Kills
by Raj » Wed Jan 14, 2015 9:07 am
Interesting. I heard the red ones were shit too. Had one in my green lowered thing with No issues, even after a few years of use, but I may have been lucky.
Glenn wrote:I have to say, this "gruppe" is so much more than just a car club.
MrBreeze wrote:This is the DVG board. The threads flow as they flow.
Deal with it.
-
Raj - Posts: 2003
- Joined: Tue Sep 09, 2008 8:03 pm
- Location: Long Island, NY
Re: Crack Kills
by Big_kid » Wed Jan 14, 2015 9:06 pm
No first hand experience here, but I too heard the red urethane couplers are known to fail.
Charlie in Va Beach (Coram Escapee)
-
Big_kid - Posts: 665
- Joined: Thu Sep 25, 2008 9:03 pm
- Location: Virginia Beach
- ainokea
- Posts: 18
- Joined: Tue Dec 08, 2015 8:26 pm
- First Name: vernal
- Vehicle Year: 1973
- Model: Beetle
Re: Crack Kills
by Big_kid » Mon Dec 05, 2016 8:23 am
ObnoxiousBlue wrote:Very much so, yes. Be especially careful of the Euromax couplers. I had one on the bus for a few weeks until it too began to buckle under torque. You can tell the Euromax's by their square shape with a quarter ($0.25) radius. The correct VW zones are more like a dime ($0.10) radius.
Great... I'm pretty sure that's what I put in the buggy over this past summer.
Thanks for the heads up.
Charlie in Va Beach (Coram Escapee)
-
Big_kid - Posts: 665
- Joined: Thu Sep 25, 2008 9:03 pm
- Location: Virginia Beach
6 posts
• Page 1 of 1
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest