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Date:         Thu, 5 Nov 2015 13:57:20 -0500
Reply-To:     Tom Buese <tantonbz@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Tom Buese <tantonbz@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: AA Transaxle? German Transaxle? also Limited slip options?
Comments: To: Pat Spragge/RFAN <Pat.Spragge@rfan.com>
In-Reply-To:  <OF2938C0BB.EEB75DEA-ON88257EF4.00677AE1-88257EF4.0067A841@rfan.com>
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My syncro has a rear locker, but no front locker, or decoupler. I believe that lockers & a decoupler were factory options. This was Swedish Syncro, & it came w/ a cold weather package of heated driver's seat, & rear heater, in addition to the rear locker. Wish I had the decoupler. YMMV

Mr. BZ

On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Pat Spragge/RFAN <Pat.Spragge@rfan.com> wrote:

> Does it have lockers all around? Don't know much about the syncros and > how they were sold new. Were lockers a Factory option or dealer or what? > > *Pat* > > > > From: Tom Buese <tantonbz@GMAIL.COM> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Date: 11/05/2015 10:43 AM > Subject: Re: AA Transaxle? German Transaxle? also Limited slip > options? > Sent by: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> > ------------------------------ > > > > I also have a Syncro Doka w/ Nokian All Season tires, & it will go almost > anywhere in the snow! YMMV > > http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1422996.jpg > > Mr. BZ > > On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 1:37 PM, Tom Buese <tantonbz@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I agree Pat. I have top of the line Nokian All Season tires on the > Westy, > > & the ground was level in my driveway last Winter. YMMV > > > > http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1422994.jpg > > > > Mr. BZ > > > > On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 12:35 PM, Pat Spragge/RFAN <Pat.Spragge@rfan.com> > > wrote: > > > >> *the Peloquin doesn't seem to help alot in the wet icy snow* > >> > >> Even a 4wd would have problems in wet, icy snow. The air/snow temp > would > >> be in the transition zone and that is where traction is the poorest. > Good > >> snow tires would help more than LSD. > >> > >> LSD works best in situations where traction under one rear wheel is poor > >> and some of the power is then transferred to the other wheel, which is > not > >> what happens with a non-LSD > >> > >> > >> *Pat* > >> 2013 Jeep Wrangler > >> 1989 Westfalia > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> From: Tom Buese <tantonbz@GMAIL.COM> > >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >> Date: 11/05/2015 09:27 AM > >> Subject: Re: AA Transaxle? German Transaxle? also Limited slip > >> options? > >> Sent by: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> > >> ------------------------------ > > >> > >> > >> > >> I have a AA/Matt rebuilt 2 wd tranny w/ Peloquin in my 84 Westy. No > >> problems w/ the tranny etc. after maybe 20-25K miles but the Peloquin > >> doesn't seem to help alot in the wet icy snow we get here in Coastal > >> Maine. YMMV > >> > >> Mr. BZ > >> > >> On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 11:54 AM, KIM BRENNAN <kimbrennan@mac.com> > wrote: > >> > >> > I had 2 syncro transmissions and one front diff done at AA in the last > >> > year. No problems. Front diff needed replacement VC. 1 transmission > >> (stock > >> > gearing) got a LSD, and fixed 4th gear. 2nd transmission replaced 4th > >> gear > >> > (went from 0.70 to 0.77) and a bunch of other repairs to get it fully > >> > operational again. I, of course, hit him when he was very busy, so it > >> took > >> > a while, but hey that’s why I have multiple Vanagons…. > >> > > >> > > >> > > On Nov 5, 2015, at 9:18 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> > wrote: > >> > > > >> > > Hello All, > >> > > > >> > > I know that Daryl, the revered transmission Guru whom everyone > >> loved, > >> > > for his excellent work and his fair prices, I know he passed on > >> recently > >> > > and left his business in the hands of his son. Has anyone had any > >> work > >> > > done at AA Transaxle since Daryl's been gone, and how'd it go? > >> > > Specifically, I'm about to have some overdue work done on my 5sp > >> > manual > >> > > transmission as mounted in my 84 2.0 liter inline VW powered tin top > >> > > westie'. I'm appx an equal distance from Bend, Or or Duval, Wa.. > >> > .I'm > >> > > about to choose between AA Transaxle and German Transaxle in > >> Bend....I'm > >> > > seeing a lower price figure from AA Transaxle, slightly....Money is > >> short > >> > > around here, but I don't wanna have to do this twice....Is the work > >> now > >> > > being done by AA Transaxle still up to their former quality? > >> > > > >> > > Second part of my query....How about limited slip options? I'd > >> love > >> > to > >> > > install a locker rear end system, but that seems beyond my budget > >> right > >> > > now.....I hear the clutch pack type limited slips, the least > expensive > >> > > option(?) are somewhat 'sticky' and jerky in low speed tight > >> > > turns....according to a spiel by Go Westy....anyone have an opinion > on > >> > the > >> > > relative merits of the two types of LSD's available for our > >> > transmissions? > >> > > > >> > > Thanks, Don Hanson > >> > > > >> > > Friday-style addendum: > >> > > > >> > > I'm funding the van's transmission rebuild by selling an old Argosy > >> 26' > >> > > trailer...same as Airstream....These trailers are quite similar to > our > >> > > Vanagons in that they are appreciating in value over the years.... > >> > because > >> > > they're so much better than all the other brands....We happily > lived, > >> for > >> > > a few years, in this Argosy as we built our house, Though it was > >> built > >> > > in 1974, almost everything still works! Just like a Vanagon! Sure, > >> it > >> > has > >> > > no electrical slide-out extra rooms and only one TV....but after > >> 40yrs it > >> > > is still better than what you might buy new today....just like a > >> > > Vanagon....(oh, and these Airstream/Argosys are in big demand now, > >> > because > >> > > of their extraordinary build quality) > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Tom Buese > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > Tom Buese > > > > > > -- > Tom Buese > >

-- Tom Buese


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