Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 14:14:38 -0700
Reply-To: Randy Bergum <organslave@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From: Randy Bergum <organslave@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject: Re: My new 5-min webpage
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Hi Bill:
Yes it is possible to pull only the tranny. I have done it alone and it's
easy. The only bear was getting the input shaft lined up into the clutch plates
so the trans could fit flush against the engine. I will be doing mine again in
two weeks to replace: clutch, TO bearing, bearing yoke and bushings, pilot
bearing, and surface the flywheel.
One thing that is not mentioned on this list is that you need to GREASE THE
SPLINES on the input shaft. This allows the friction disc to float and work
properly. If not done, the clutch will drag and cause lousiness in the
shifting, especially first to second. Clean the splines and remove all rust,
crud and what-have-you, then place a SMALL amount of grease on the splines of
the input shaft ONLY. When you assemble it, any excess will be squeegeed off
away from the flywheel, thus avoiding grease on the business surface. This
trick was found on the BMW M/C Airheads list.
Good luck,
Randy Bergum
Bill Knight wrote:
> Thanks for putting up the pictures. Now I know it is possible to pull the
> transmission out by itself. How difficult was it to mate up the tranny to
> the flywheel during the install? Was it easy to align the shaft and
> splines?
>
> I need to fix a problem with my clutch and want to avoid pulling the engine
> again and wonder if it might be easier to just drop the tranny. Any input
> on that idea?
>
> Bill Knight
> Raleigh, NC
> '84 Westfalia Wolfsburg 2.1L
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> Of Jason M. Yasment
> Sent: Monday, May 24, 1999 10:14 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: My new 5-min webpage
>
> Here is my quickie 5 min web page. THere are quite a few typos in it. Chip
> came out as Ship and there area few others. Just wanted to get the pics up.
> I'll do a better more complete page later on.
>
> http://home.nycap.rr.com/transaxle/index.htm
>
> Jason M. Yasment
> '84 Westfalia (up for new trans and brakes)
> '98 Jetta TDI (in the shop with US$3600 worth of rear end damage)
> '97 Pontiac Grand Am (rental car....speeding ticket with 24 hours...ZOOM)
> "All Rights Reserved."
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