Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 12:53:59 -0400
Reply-To: Robert Rountree <rountree@PLANETEER.COM>
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From: Robert Rountree <rountree@PLANETEER.COM>
Organization: Rountree R&D
Subject: Re: Drive shaft removal (Syncro)
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Thanks Rainer,
I was appalled by this setup.... the dif sides were open to the dirt (& they
were dirty) and I just can't get over the feeling, that the over-all front
suspension would be weakened... No doubt the hacked outer CV halves are
toast... the new
owner was told by the PO, it was done by a VW dealer, so
the speedo would work???.... the shafts would turn the speedo gear in the
front dif, even if you removed the main driveshaft.. I figure the front
VC/dif must be bad and this is a different work around to just get it back
on the road & into the hands of another unsuspecting owner.... thanks for
your comments
Rob
----- Original Message -----
From: Dr. Rainer Woitok <woitok@rrze.uni-erlangen.de>
To: Robert Rountree <rountree@planeteer.com>
Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, June 11, 1999 6:38 AM
Subject: Re: Drive shaft removal (Syncro)
> Hi Robert, hi Syncronauts,
>
> On Thu, 1999-06-10 08:09:36 -0400, Robert Rountree wrote:
>
> > ...
> > the
> > main front to rear drive shaft is still IN, turning the VC, but NO CV
shafts
> > are connected to the front dif, only the outside CV halves are used to
hold
> > the wheel bearing together....
>
> It seems there's always a way to achieve a goal in a still more
> complicated manner. Instead of having to undo just eight bolts to
> remove the main drive shaft, it's now twenty four bolts and twelve of
> these bolts have then to be inserted again (or maybe have to be replaced
> by shorter bolts). And then ... the inner sides of the CV halves
> exposed to dirt and debris ... ugh. Can you really expect to get these
> CV halves operational ever again?
>
> Other than that, I think the effect with respect to castrating the
> Syncro is exactly the same. And no, I can't see how this could do any
> damage to the front diff or to the VC. In this case the VC is driven by
> the main drive shaft, the VC drives the fron diff, which turns the
> flanges for the half shafts, which in turn turn air.
>
> In the standard castrating set-up it's exactly the other way round: the
> half shafts drive the front diff, which drives the VC, which then turns
> air at its input flange. Well this input flage has perhaps an eigth of
> the square inches of both those half shaft flanges combined ... so
> probaly less air is turned by this standard set-up, but that's about all
> the differences I can think of :-)
>
> So, to sum it up: no, I don't think that could ruin the VC or the front
> diff, but I definitely think it will ruin the front CV halves.
>
> Have a nice weekend, everybody :-)
>
> Sincerely
> Rainer
>
> '89 Caravelle GL Syncro 16"
>
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