Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:19:59 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: Do Shift linkage bushes wear ...
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it all adds up.
yes, worn shift linkage, driven and shifted gently with care 'generally'
shouldn't hurt the internals of a transmission.........
but ............the conservative answser is .......the shift linkage needs
to be basically pretty right, and nicely lubed, for best transmission life.
it's 3 systems really, the trans itself, the clutch, and the linkage. If
either clutch, or linkage ..........and .......actually, the 4th system, the
driver.........if any of those 3 systems external to the trans are dodgey,
unlubed, or weak.........
or just plan clumsy ..........it shortens the life of the trans. I should
include how the throttle is applied too.
Some people are easy on equipment.
a few even keep it lubed and properly adjusted and drive it nicely.
on the other hand, some people are really rough on equipment, but don't know
it.
And that is even worse than people who are rough on equippment, know it, but
don't care.
I will accept knowlegable abuse over ignorance any day - lol ;-) .
I'd say how well transmission and shift linkage, and clutches last and
work are very, very dependent on how they are maintained, or not maintained,
and how they are used and driven.
just like tires and brakes. Some people drive the hell out of those, some
people are really easy on them.
And really really expert drivers, even racing drivers, can go fast as hell,
and still be easy on equipment.
btw, I sometimes wind 'er out real gently..........at only say 30 %
throttle, then do a pretty long slow 'snick-snick' shift into the next
gear..........just butter smooth, Like you might out in the boonies on a
long straight road where no car comes by but once an hour.
I have tried to teach people to shift gently ......
and what I've noticed is that the muscle patterns are just burned into
people's brain from years and decades of shifting the same, way, with no one
to ever tell them they are being rough on things.
Worst case I saw was a guy from England with a factory 1.6TD Syncro, and he
would short shift ever shift...........like accelerate hard, but shift real
early, like at 2,200 rpm and say, and then immeidatel floor it, every shift.
He lugged his engine badly, every single shift.
He drove a fully rebuilt 1.6TD engine into puking and using oil in only
40,000 miles that way. Just pounded out the ring groves from excessive
pressure on them every single shift, is my theory.
Besides keeping things well lubed and adjusted........the driver is the
single biggest factor.
that same guy just blew out those white plastic ball-like shifter parts at
the base of the shifter too. If you lube those once in a while with a good
synthetic spray grease, and shift it right, they will last just indefenily,
as will a good to start with Vanagon trans..........
keep good oil in it, keep everything lubed and adjusted, and drive it right
........
they can last basically indefenitely.
scott
www.turbovans.com
scott
www.turbovans.com
---- Original Message -----
From: "The Westy man" <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 1:34 PM
Subject: Do Shift linkage bushes wear ...
I am not sure how much the worn shift linkage bushings harm the
transmission.
Anyone?
Zoltan
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