The 4th gear seems to take more of a beating and the hub breaking from the gear is one of it's failures. Just did one on a syncro...did a 2wd last month with the same failure... No warnings, just does it. gotta rebuild & repl 4th... Daryl of AA Transaxle Duvall, WA. (Seattle area) 1-877-377-0773 toll free 425-788-4070 aatransaxle.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shawn Wright" <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 7:25 AM Subject: Re: Emergency in South Dakota
> On 15 Jul 2004 at 9:49, Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET> wrote: > >> Tranny Time! The 4th drive gear hub broke where it is welded to the gear. >> This >> seems to be on sale this month. > > Ack! Please don't say that - we're heading out next week for 3 weeks... > > Is this a common one?I've heard of the shift fork issue, but not this. Is > it > caused by a design flaw, driving style, or? Anything that can be done to > prevent it, or recognize an imminent failure? > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> > My friend's wife and kids are traveling West on a vacation in >> > their '87 >> > Westy. She just called in from Wall South Dakota and reports she >> > can no >> > longer get the van to shift into fourth gear. Transmission seems fine >> > in all other gears. >> > >> > Shifter linkage? Broken shifter fork? >> > >> > Bottom line: anybody know ANY VW mechs in Wall or Rapid City South >> > Dakota. While not life threatening, this stands to be a HUGE emotional >> > problem for all concerned. >> > >> > Any idea or help would be greatly appreciated. >> > >> > Best, >> > >> > -jspeer >> > '89 Westy GL "mystery machine" >> > >> > > Shawn Wright > http://zuiko.sls.bc.ca/~swright > '85 Jetta D > '88 Westy 2.1L awaiting 1.6TD conversion > { This message sent by Pegasus Mail, guaranteed virus-free } > |
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