Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 11:00:55 -0700
Reply-To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Noisy transaxle??
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Another opinion: Get the 5sp! They are great! I love mine, it really
helps.
The motor in my van is an inline but I don't see that making much
difference.
The 5th gear is quite tall (65mph is 3700rpms) and the spacing between 5th
and 4th is pretty close....Off hand, I guess about 600rpms? Anyhow, I
hardly ever use 1st gear in daily driving but I do use it a lot on dirt or
slick roads or very rough terrain or extra steep hills..
Otherwise, mine is like driving a 4sp, pretty much, except the gears are
closer together and you have that almost granny gear first for creeping
over tough stuff or starting on real steep hills...A great improvement to
driveabilty. At 50mph to 70mph you can use either 4th or 5th, depending
on the approaching terrain or headwind..I often drop back from 5th to 4th
at about 65mph and hold it there on long grades like the Grapevine or
Siskyou summit......it feels like I'm lugging my 2.0 liter ABA if I get the
revs below about 2500rpms...Only long and fairly steep climbs will MAKE me
shift back to 4th, but I choose to not push uphill and I usually like to
climb at about 60-65mph on the big long climbs, because I usually don't
hurry and I think it's a good enough speed uphill.
Get the 5sp, especially if you drive on rough terrain.
On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Stacy Schneider <vwcrewman@gmail.com>wrote:
> Go and drive a 5 speed before you put one in your own car .
> Those things are horrible to drive. That 1 st gear over and down
> will make you curse it every time you do it. There is no real advantage
> that a well built 4 speed won't give you .
> I had one in a 112'd Tristar and it would have been replaced with
> either a 4 speed or an A / T had I kept it.
>
> .Stacy
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Oct 22, 2013, at 10:19 AM, ralph meyermann <ralphmeyermann@GMAIL.COM>
> wrote:
> >
> > Velma is not going on any trips until next spring/summer, only into the
> > garage after I finish repairing the deer damage on my Hyundai. Hopefully
> I
> > can find a 5 speed and have it gone through, if not this 4 speed will be
> > gone through. Heres for hoping for the elusive 5 speed
> >
> > Velma 82 1.9L AAZ td westy
> >> On Oct 22, 2013 11:33 AM, "Stuart MacMillan" <stuartmacm@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> The bottom line is you are on borrowed time with this unit, with the
> >> ultimate result you could need to add the core charge to the cost of
> your
> >> rebuild. Bits of hardened metal are swirling around in your oil and
> >> circulating through the transmission and transaxle. Once that hardened
> >> surface is lost, complete failure is rapid.
> >>
> >> BTW, I'm amazed to see that people have replaced the input shaft bearing
> >> with the shaft in place. Lots of skill and patience required to get
> that
> >> bearing out in situ.
> >>
> >> I don't do my own transmission work, so I've had Daryl do three for me
> over
> >> the years: www.aatransaxle.com He'll send you a box for $50, or you
> can
> >> often order an off the shelf unit and ship your (currently) rebuildable
> >> core
> >> back in the box and save the $50. Core charge is $500 if yours is toast
> >> (usually case damage).
> >>
> >> Good luck!
> >>
> >> Stuart
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> Behalf Of
> >> ralph meyermann
> >> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 7:57 AM
> >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >> Subject: Re: Noisy transaxle??
> >>
> >> Pretty sure that my input shaft bearing is loose/going out, but I think
> >> there are other worn parts that need attention.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
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