I'd say you were. I have seen one lever absolutely *fused* onto the cross shaft. No amount of heating, or putting a puller on it could get it off, not even hours of doing that. I finally had to cut the lever off with a torch.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Collum" <collum@MYFAIRPOINT.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 8:08 AM Subject: Re: Manual trans replacement
> It sounds like I got really lucky. when I removed my tranny and > replaced the crank seal (among other things) I also replaced the cross > shaft bushings. I didn't have any real trouble getting the clutch lever > off and that was after many northeast winters, too. > > Mike |
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