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Date:         Tue, 24 Nov 1998 18:21:45 -0600
Reply-To:     Joshua Van Tol <jjvantol@USWEST.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Joshua Van Tol <jjvantol@USWEST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Limited Vanagon content: using reverse running transaxles
Comments: To: David Marshall <vanagon@volkswagen.org>, vanagon@vanagon.com
In-Reply-To:  <3.0.3.32.19981123191614.00fc21d4@mail.abccom.bc.ca>
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>At 18:58 23/11/98 -0600, Joshua Van Tol wrote: >>>I have been giving much thought to the Audi transmission deal again. We had >>>a tread months ago regarding using an Audi 5 speed trans in the vanagon with >>>diff flipped. I was supposed to investigate the possibility of such a mod. >>>Well, time has past and I still haven't got to it yet. I am proficient at >>>tearing down transaxles and the possibility stills exists, but I too was >>>thinking of just making a rabbit motor run backwards. The only problem that >>>has not been considered is making the oil pump feed the motor instead of >>>blowing air down the pickup tube. >> >>The main problem with running a transmission in reverse is that it may not >>last very long, and the synchronizers may not work correctly. It is quite >>possible, and even likely that in a transaxle, the bearings that take >>reverse thrust may not be strong enough. Far simpler to run it forward, but >>flip the diff, or, if that's impossible, flip the whole tranny. KEP has >>some info on this in their catalog. > >The gears would be running forward as both the wasserboxer and Audi engines >spin in a clockwise motion. Only the differential would spin backwards.

Yes, I'm aware of that. I actually meant that reversing the engine would cause this problem. Didn't read the post quite carefully enough though.

Joshua Van Tol -- jjvantol@lear.csp.ee.memphis.edu


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