Sorry if this seems late, but I am way behind on my e-mail.... Alistair mentioned a noise could be transmitted in the shift linkage. Yep! At high rpm's my gearshift would buzz. At first, I thought it was the plastic knob being cracked, so I replaced it with a finely crafted solid walnut replacement knob (from my own shop). Still got the buzz, so that wasn't it. There is a lot of vibration coming through. I believe that the buzz is from worn-out shifter parts rattling somewhere, and maybe a new shift-kit is in my future. But anyway, there is definitely a component of vibration/noise from the shift linkage. (Hmmm.....hand-made walnut shift knobs w/VW inlay??.....cottage industry??.....) Bill Marshall 85 GL Tiico "Pandora's Box" Aurora, IL |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.