Date:         Fri, 27 Nov 1998 21:07:25 +0200
Reply-To:     Jimmy Sanby <Sanbyj@TELKOM.CO.ZA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Jimmy Sanby <Sanbyj@TELKOM.CO.ZA>
Subject:      Re: Is my Syncro box about to blow
Comments: To: Jwilli941@AOL.COM, vanagon@VANAGON.COM

My fourth gear went in a most perculiar way... When in fourth, it was as
if I was in nutral - all the other gears worked ok. What had happened
was that the gear is made up of two parts: 1 the gear teeth and the
other part is the engaging part (Sorry for my names but I don't know the
proper names) These two are supposed to be fixed together. Heat pressed
or something, but they became loose  so that when the gear was engaged,
nothing happened.

Well someone may be be able to make sense out of what I am saying.

Cheers

Jimmy Sanby
Cape Town SA
'89 Syncro 15"

>>> Todd Hill <Jwilli941@AOL.COM> 11/27 8:38 AM >>>
 sanbyj@TELKOM.CO.ZA writes:

<< My fourth gear required replacing at about 160k Km. >>

I am starting to see excessive wear on the pinion half of
the 4th gear set in higher mileage transaxles.  The only
explanation that I have at the moment is that most of the
driving is done in this gear.

-Todd Hill
 VolksWerks Transaxles
 Olympia,  WA