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Date:         Tue, 6 Feb 96 16:05:06 EST
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From:         kstanley@cas.org (Kerry Stanley  kstanley@cas.org, (215)-362-7280)
Subject:      Forwarded: Suspicious Syncro Shifting Symptoms

As you were describing your trans shifting problems, I was all set to say sounds like the syncronizers. Until you mentioned that the clutch doesn't completely free up the trans, it still seems to be slightly engaged.

I had a similiar problem, and first tackled the slave cylinder. What a bear to get the old one off (hard to reach a nut) but I did and put a new on. It may have helped some, but maybe I wanted to believe that. Anyway awhile later the trans started losing fluid (watch it drip rapidly when hot). When I took the trans out to replace the input seal, I noticed the pilot bearing in the flywheel/crankshaft was non-existant. With the bearing gone the input shaft wobbled around and destroyed the input seal. I now attribute the poor clutch action to be the input shaft binding up a little in the self destructing needle bearing.

My tranny was getting hard to shift between 1 and 2 in cold weather. Of course that is minor since it is now seized with an apparent syncronizer breakdown!!

Kerry '86 syncro kstanley@cas.org ------ you wrote: >From: Steve Hoge <steveh@emu.com>

========================================================================= Date: Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com> From: Subject: Suspicious Syncro Shifting Symptoms

>On my '89 Syncro (95K miles) the shifting has actually gone beyond the >suspicious stage - I really should have said "Sh*tty Syncro Shifting .... >1) Since I got the van in October, it's sometimes been just a tad reluctant to downshift into 2nd or 1st (hard to find the "slot"), but I've never any problem upshifting. ..... >depressed. A few times the van has actually begun moving slightly as the engine starts up, as if the clutch pedal is not really depressed all the way...


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