On Tue, 20 Jul 1999, David Priemer wrote: > I need to find a 12-point star tool to remove the CV/Drive shaft from the > tranny so I can remove the tranny and see if my (what use to be shifting > problem) is the pilot bearing or not. Anybody know where I can get one? I got mine at a local FLAPS. I think these are pretty standard tools now a days and widely available. > I can get it in 1st and 2nd and reverse only. Very hard to get it back out of > reverse. Sometime 1st and 2nd move easy other times not. Sometime the van > rolls easy (in nuetral) and other times not. Clutch appears to disengage > properly. Umm, maybe, but I'd think a bad pilot bearing would show up in all gears. Since it's easy to do, you might try adjusting your shift linkage on the off chance that something's gone wrong in this area. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Young young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU Lafayette, CA 94549 '81 Vanagon --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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