KENWILFY@AOL.COM writes: << ...I had never heard of any problems with the reverse gear before so I just didn't know. For the record I was doing this in a 2wd Vanagon.... >> Shooting from the hip and with sometimes faulty memory here.... Reverse and the large Cross Country gear are the same gear but the CC gear has a 'beveled' edge for clearance on the back side. I would think that if a roll start is hard on a CC gear and its associated counter gears then the same would hold true for the reverse gear and its counter gears. Personally, I'd use 3rd. -Todd Hill VolksWerks Transaxles Olympia, WA 360-412-0948 |
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