Thanks Scott. Was considering using some pink coloured hi temp wheel bearing grease (seems thicker. Might stay in place longer?) but had used black-greyish Moly CV stuff last time so I'll stick with that. Nice to know it's only wear and tear. Albeit premature. Hopefully the fact that this transmission would catch a little shifting from gear to gear was due to poor clutch hydraulics. Neil. On 4/5/10, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > nice pics. > the face of the arm where it pushes the TOB ...wear there is 'normal' all > right ...as in 'fairly common, but not desired at all.' > > I'd say it's from lack of lubing that spot. I use black moly grease on those > points. I lube the heck out of the entire throwout mechaism ... > like a dozen spots. > I spray lube the crosshaft bushings until the cross shaft pivots with zero > drag. And I especially lube the tips of the fork arms - what's in your pics. > If it was clipped in there like it belongs .... > it was installed correctly ...just likely not lubed. > > I also lube the guide tube the TOB slides on. Notice the groove inside the > TOB ...that's for grease I believe...I grease that spot well. > I like metal guide tubes better than plastic ones too. > > 'techician error' is what I'd chaulk that wear up to. Lack of plan ole lube > ! > That surface starts out curved or rounded, not flat. > > I get the strongest impression at times that some people somewhere do not > understand that metal can not rub on metal, that they must be separated by a > film of some good lubricant - in about 300 places in a vanagon . > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "neil n" <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 10:01 AM > Subject: Clutch Cross Shaft Arm Wear. Abnormal? PICS > > >> Hi all. >> >> Transmission would catch slightly in all gears. Pulled it, and TOB >> appeared to be installed incorrectly. It appeared loose. (at time, I >> also suspected poor clutch hydraulics. He said hoping transmission is >> ok! :) >> >> Are these wear points on each arm normal high mileage wear? If not, do >> they indicate an incorrectly installed TOB? >> >> http://tinyurl.com/ykd8co9 >> >> http://tinyurl.com/yhyvdg8 >> >> |
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