Started fooling with this about 4 years ago then I lost interest. Was more of a design exercise than anything else. I had this notion of a spacer set up, keyed to the handle…. Blah blah…
I don’t have a broach to cut the internal splines so I did a kludge by drilling small holes then boring a boring with a slight taper. Seems to work, but I haven’t used handles much.
The knobs are delrin, and a bearing pressed and glued into handle. That part of the experiment works well.
I think I’ll revisit this project soon and do a bent handle for more clearance. I’ll keep the delrin knob as I like that better than the knurled knob on the GW handles ( been using them for a year, I find the knurled knob kinda not great).
shooftie 
#1 by Kevin Guarnotta on December 24, 2023 - 5:22 am
amazing work once again…If I weren’t on my way out of Vanagons, I’d be asking to buy more of your amazing creations…
#2 by albell on December 24, 2023 - 2:14 pm
Thanks Kevin. What ya getting into after van?
#3 by Kevin Guarnotta on December 24, 2023 - 9:07 pm
well I will still have my ’69 singlecab and ’65 ez-camper. I don’t drive these year round, but they are simpler to work on – and as they don’t have as many bells and whistles as my syncro – there are less things breaking on them. I just don’t have the bandwidth to maintain 3 old vehicles – especially when I rely on a vehicle for work.
I’m looking into going electric – I really like the Rivian, Kia EV9 or the Lucid Gravity all look nice…then there is the electric VW bus coming soon. It is just hard to find a modern vehicle that functions (ie has as much space) as a VW bus/vanagon. I need a vehicle large enough to haul a couple kids around and a large dog – but then also act as a work truck – as I’m a General Contractor.
As I write this – I think my favorite is the Lucid Gravity – even though i’ve not seen or driven it in real life. The electric VW bus could be nice too – who knows when these things will actually hit the market – and they are all a real financial stretch for me…never bought a “new” vehicle before, but always having to wrench on my cars is starting to get to me….maybe if I lived in a warmer climate. Seems like mine always breaks down when it is freezing out…;)
My kids are upset I even put the Syncro on the market-it is their favorite, but frankly my least favorite of all the VW’s I’ve owned….