Date:         Tue, 26 Feb 2002 14:19:36 -0800
Reply-To:     Zoran Mladen <zmaninco@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Zoran Mladen <zmaninco@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: tough shifting... pilot bearing?
Comments: To: Jamie Ayotte <jayotte@DESTEFANOARCHITECTS.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <B71D2DF6BF18AE4686C0B8C193E2443103828F@LDNT>
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Hey,

Its really a very straightforward job.  Post your
location on the list and someone will probably offer
to help you do it.

Z


--- Jamie Ayotte <jayotte@DESTEFANOARCHITECTS.COM>
wrote:
> hi.  this is three days in a row that i have posted
> questions to you all...
> and here's another:  after researching the archives
> i've come up with a
> conclusion that scares me.  i've always worked on my
> own cars and vehicles,
> but never anything that seems so involved as
> dropping a transmission...
> now, the problem is that i have tght, loud shifting
> in all gears.  by loud i
> mean that it sounds like the shifter is just rubbing
> metal on metal- in
> other words, it doesn't seem to be internal- now,
> does anyone think that the
> problem could be as simple as getting under the van
> and greasing the sh*t
> out of everything connected to the shifter... OR am
> i gonna have to cry
> myself to sleep tonight trying to muster up the
> cohones to drop the
> transmission?  also, when i do drop it, what else
> should i change?  as i
> don't think i will want to do that again for a
> while?
>
> thanks,
>
> jamie
>
> 86 westy
> 78 vespa
> 98 golden retreiver- syd (who is my second set of
> hands on this one)


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