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Date:         Mon, 22 Apr 1996 13:39:00 -0700 (PDT)
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From:         "Maher, Steve (SD-MS)" <SMAHER@gi.com>
Subject:      V6anagon further update

Well, a slight update.

I just called four different VW places-- two dealer service departments and two independent repair places who advertise that they specialize in VWs (have you ever wondered about shops that say they specialize in both domestic and foreign cars? What's wrong with this picture). I asked them how snug the pilot bearing should be on the tranny input shaft, and how I can tell if the input shaft is worn.

All four said that the bearing should have "a little bit" of play or looseness on the shaft. It was hard to describe it over the phone, of course, but what they described, sounded pretty much like what I saw in the V6anagon when I slipped the new pilot bearing over the shaft.

They also said that, if the trans input shaft is worn, I will be able to see a step, or at least feel one, in the shaft, about where the pilot bearing ends. I had examined the shaft closely, and found no sign of any such step, or scoring, or etc.-- from the splines to the end of the shaft, it was smooth and clean.

So why in h*ll does this thing vibrate and eat clutches? When I got it going yesterday, I *babyed* the clutch and tranny bigtime-- but it vibrated and rattled just as much as it ever has, which is a LOT more than any other car I've owned. The way the shift handle rattles harshly at 3,000 rpm, is especially strange. The PO had mentioned this to me, long before I ever bought the car from him, so it's not a recent development.

Bill Kennedy pointed out that exhaust configuration can sometimes promote resonance in restricted rpm ranges, and strange, loud noises generally, but also mentioned that this would not damage clutches per se.

Stay tuned for our next exciting installment of the V6anagon chronicles... zzzzz....

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