Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 11:04:57 -0400
Reply-To: Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
Subject: Re: Transmission will not go into gear
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If you can get it in to gear with the engine off, than the problem is
that the clutch is not disengaging. The chirping noises indicate ban
release bearing or pilot bearing. Anyway, you need to pull the
transmission to check it out.
Dennis
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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
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Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 10:58 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Transmission will not go into gear
Yesterday we were on our way back from Greenbrier State Park, winding
our way back down a narrow mountain road. To slow our decent, I had let
the van simply coast in third gear. A couple of minutes later, when
passing through a small town, I tried to downshift from third to second.
Making the shift was difficult, though it took several tries and a bit
of force to do so.
The rest of the ride was uneventful until we reached our neighborhood.
Suddenly, the van refused to go in first, second, or third and I had to
yank on the gear shifter to get the van out of gear. I was able to
force it into fourth gear, but the clutch made a chirping sound when I
did it. I chugged in fourth back into our drive. Once stopped, I could
not get it in any gear with the clutch fully depressed, only grinding
noises. With the engine off, I could easily go into all the gears.
This morning, I crawled around to see if I could see any thing strange.
Nada. I was able to measure about 20 mm of movement in the slave
cylinder arm when the clutch pedal was pressed and released.
My trusty Bentley book is great if I plan on tearing down and rebuilding
the tranny, but leaves me clueless if I am troubleshooting a clutch (?)
problem.
Your thoughts are appreciated.
--
Brian
'85 Vanagon 7-passenger GL
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