On Sun, 7 Jun 1998 23:55:35 -0400 EMZ said: > DOes anyone know what cracks these? Is it shifting >hard? What can be done to prevent the cracking? from what one dealer told me, it's just a design defect on the original parts ... and vw won't part for the fix. :( i got the old parts back, and the syncronizer just flat cracked from the center outward. it did NOT look abused or damaged ... just a spreading crack from a weak spot. >Is there any way to tell from the outside if a >Syncro trans. Has been updated with the new hubs? i've NOT heard of this problem with syncro trannies, but then i don't keep up with syncro stuff that closely. joel |
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