Yep, the driveshaft has 8 13mm bolts and takes about 30 minutes to remove. Then the van will tow in neutral on a dolly without damage. There are some instructions somewhere in the archives about how to do this without causing problems, but I haven't seen them yet. Bentley describes to how to do it. Cheers, Tom Neal
On Sun, 25 Apr 1999, EMZ wrote: > Forget that. REmove the drive shaft. It is alot easier and will > have the same effect. > > Eric 86-VW4x4 > vw4x4@fyi.net 72-240z > Pittsburgh, PA USA 1936-Chrysler > > > On Sun, 25 Apr 1999, Markus Benne wrote: > > > I'd like to move a syncro and use a dolly. Sounds like a good way to do > > this > > is to remove the rear axels and CV joints. > > > > Unfortunately, I have never seen a syncro up close and don't have the > > Bentley. > > > > If some kind Syncronaut could tell me how hard this is to do > > and what types of tools I would need (like a lift?) I would appreciate > > it. > > > > You can p-mail me as this is probably not of general interest (I do > > monitor the > > list tho). > > > > Thanks a heap, > > ...Markus > > > |
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