Hi all. Lucky me, got two different clutch cross shafts out. Will use best parts of each. One cross shaft measures and looks better at outer end. No marks on forks. It's better. But.... I used an open end wrench and judicious hammer blows to knock the "better" cross shaft out. I didn't bend the fork but am curious if bangin on it might have weakened it. Risky to use? Welds still look ok. Just minor scratches from wrench. btw. I'm sure the pro's and hold hands have better ways, but on 2 old crusty COL's, found a good way to remove them, transmission OUT of Vanagon. The shaft has to be partway out to do this. Small Pittman arm puller with 22mm open end wrench as backing slipped over exposed part of shaft. (my Pittman arm too small). Drill a divot OC for Pittman arm point and off ya go. And entire installed clutch slave bracket made for a nice wrench brace.
Thanks, Neil.
-- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines |
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