Date:         Tue, 20 Aug 1996 15:20:21 -0800
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         tbf@pacifier.com (Todd Francis)
Subject:      Re: Warning:To Syncro owners

At 07:25 AM 8/20/96 -0500, ERIC ZENO wrote:
>    You guys are going to love this one!
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>    I started down a steep, paved hill, in creeper gear. As the gears 
>    started to wind up I thru in the clutch to shift from creeper 
>    gear to second or third. Before I had a chance to get it out 
>    of gear, I was slammed against the dash as one of the rear wheels 
>    must of locked!      MY question, is there damage to the transmission?
>    I have to take it out anyway, how can I check it out?
>
>   Hi Eric:
  The syncro trannys are notorious for breaking the housing that supports
the creeper gear bearings. I don't know why, but after the problem you
described there must have been a lot of force put on those bearings/housing.
Maybe it should be checked. I hope it's ok because the housing is several
hundred dollars. Sorry to make you worry. Good luck with it.     

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Todd Francis             tbf@pacifier.com
'86 Westy Syncro         Vancouver, Wa