Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:59:01 -0400
Reply-To: Jack Reynaert <jack007@COMCAST.NET>
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From: Jack Reynaert <jack007@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: WBX Transmission: Failing 3-4 Hub Feels Like?
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Scott,
No truer words are spoken...
I've done it 4 times since 1987 in my 84 Westy.
First tranny went south at 145k, got a re-man from "The Parts Place" it
lasted 2,100 miles (with Redline!)...
Got them to warranty it (believe it or not!), reinstalled, worked fine then
the motor died, pulled trans and motor.
With new 2.1l motor and trans in, had the body media blasted... blast media
got into the bell housing toasting the rear main,
So it was R & R again!!! Now, leak free, shifts wonderfully and I can
change these in my sleep should I ever need to do it again!
Jack R.
84 Westy Wolfie.
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 6:20 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: WBX Transmission: Failing 3-4 Hub Feels Like?
I'll have to say a 2WD Vanagon transaxle is one of the sweetest, easiest
transmissions there is to remove and replace in the car world..
doesn't get much sweeter than that.
like on a front engine rear drive car, you're messing with the shift linkage
in the console area ..nothing like that in a vanagon.
two bolts on the side of the trans, the likage is off. What could be sweeter
?
a good selection of tools helps ..nothing fancy either.
Hard flat floor, Good soid jack stands, and a floor jack and a botlte jack,
and a 4 X 4 and some chain or heavy rope. And a few hand tools.
The trans sits nicely on a floor jack ........nicely shapped and baanced for
that.
It's easy to support the engine from above in a vanagon.
Really ....it's not bad at all, unless you are dealing with stuck/rusted
stuff, or stripped out CV joint screws or whatever ..
R & R ing a 2WD vanagon transaxle is about as sweet as it gets in the car
world for changing a trans.
If you get things supported and balanced right ...there's no struggle, no
brute strength or cursing needed or anything like that.
Really........they don't get easier or sweeter to R & R than it is in a 2WD
vanagon.
----- Original Message -----
From: "neil n" <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: WBX Transmission: Failing 3-4 Hub Feels Like?
> On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Shawn Wright <vwdiesels@gmail.com> wrote:
>> My DX 5-speed uses the same slider hub, and the failure was fairly
>> subtle,
>> and only noticeable after long drives in 4th/5th, when it would become
>> difficult to get out of gear. Other gears were not affected at all, and
>> the
>> effect at first was only after things heated up. Darryl at AA rebuilt it
>> for
>> me and replace the hub. Given how much I love swapping Vanagon trannies,
>> I
>> think I'd rebuild any unknown tranny before installing in the future...
>> :-)
>
>
> For sure. Swapping trannys is fun fun fun!
>
> From what I can tell, the WBX transmission is "easier" to rebuild than
> the DK/DX. Still. That's the kind of thing I'd tackle over the Winter.
> I really should have gotten at this job of testing transmissions
> earlier this year. I sure hope I can get some camping in before work
> starts.
>
> I'm hung with a flu bug right now, but hope to get back at 'er
> tomorrow and see what the heck is going on.
>
> Neil.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"
>
> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>
>
http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engine
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