I have just had my Syncro tranny rebuilt, and yes, the 3/4 gear hub-slider mech was cracked. VW have modified the new parts to fix this. Cheers Mark At 01:38 13/09/99 -0400, you wrote: >I was reading Tom Carrington's excellent web page on the common 3-4 >tranny problem >and was wondering if the same is true for the Syncro's and if the parts >are the same. > >I'm replacing the engine in my bus and while the engine was out I was >thinking of >having a local shop replace some of the high-wear items in the tranny >thinking this >would be cheaper than having the tranny rebuilt once it broke. > >The tranny has about 180000 miles on it so some work is likely due as >this is way over the average life-expectancy. > >Thanks for any info, >...Markus |
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