If the input roller bearing fails, increased leakage will happen. I really think you just have a tired trans and leak is just an observation as you went looking for the source of the noise. The tranny really does not have to be filled. In fact the spec is 14mm below the fill hole. Over filling willmake it run hotter, shift harder in cold weather and of course leak out faster. Dennis
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Edward Duntz Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 8:50 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: manual trans whine and leak Dennis, How does finding a leak and being low (or no oil for all I know) play into the picture? Ed> From: d23haynes57@hotmail.com> To: eduntz@HOTMAIL.COM; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Subject: RE: manual trans whine and leak> Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 20:46:48 -0500> > The whine in first and second gear is usually a sign of a bad input shaft> bearing or the gears are just worn. The sticking in third and fourth is a> sign of the classic cracked 3-4 slider hub. Oil will not fix it, it won't> heal, and it won't get better. > > Dennis> > -----Original Message-----> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of> Edward Duntz> Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 3:31 PM> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Subject: manual trans whine and leak> > I had a chance today to crawl under the van to check on my transmission> whine ('85 Westfalia with stock 1.9 and manual transmission, 172,000 on both> as far as I know.) On my last trip, I noticed a whine when going into first> or second gears. The noise seemed like it came right up through the shifter> lever. Near the end of the trip, it also had a hard time getting out of> fourth gear at a stop light. > > I saw a drip of gear oil at the driver's side inner cv joint. It was quite a> pain adding oil, and I think I got more on my and my tarp than in the trans.> I got about six or seven ounces in before I gave up and decided to find a> better way to add it tomorrow. (I had some clear plastic tubing coming off> of the bottle, but it kept slipping off.)> > Anyway, this little bit of oil didn't change the noise. So I hope to add> more later. But I'm wondering if my noise is due to a lack of lubricant,> could I have done any damage? And if not, and I can add more oil and fix the> leak, how labor-intensive might it be to fix? > > Thanks,> Ed in CT> _________________________________________________________________> Get 5 GB of storage with Windows Live Hotmail.> http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_5gb_112 > 008> _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Hotmail now works up to 70% faster. http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_faster_ 112008 |
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