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Date:         Tue, 13 Jul 1999 07:23:32 -0400
Reply-To:     EMZ <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         EMZ <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
Subject:      Re: TOASTED VC?
Comments: To: Rob Wilke <wilpho@MCN.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <378ABACF.670879CD@mcn.net>
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On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Rob Wilke wrote:

> My Syncro has been doing the binding in tight turns for a while now and > only getting worse so, I just pulled my drive shaft out of my 87 Syncro > and the back part off the shaft came off first. I was able to roll my > van by turning the shaft by hand. So does this mean the VC is toasted. NO. under the conditions it maybe working find.

> Will it hurt anything else to drive without the drive shaft in??? No I have done this for 3 years now.

Has it > been established that driving without the shaft does/ does not do damage > to the VC?? Will not hurt it.

> Yet another question. My clutch has been chattering, just a wee bit as > i first begin to back up and out of my driveway first thing in the > morning. (111,000 miles) How much longer do I have???? > Clutch chatter has been established to have many causes. So it would be impossible to answer this question without dismantalling.

> TIA. > > ROB >


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