Date:         Thu, 15 Jul 2004 11:21:26 -0400
Reply-To:     dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET
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From:         Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
Subject:      Re: Emergency in South Dakota
Comments: To: Shawn Wright <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA>
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Not as common as the 3-4 slider hub but up there with maybe pinion bearings. Unfortunately, it is a combination of design and quality that cause a fatige failure at the point where the drive hub is welded to the gear. I had it hapeen to my trans twice (only 40K on the 2nd one), I'm repairing one now, This is probably what happened to Larry, etc. Unfortunatley depending on how it breaks, the failure causes other damage such as wiping the main bearing, pulling the snap ring out its groove, and sometimes destroying the gear carrier housing.

Dennis

----- Original Message -----
From: Shawn Wright <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA>
Date: Thursday, July 15, 2004 10:25 am
Subject: Re: Emergency in South Dakota

> On 15 Jul 2004 at 9:49, Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET> wrote:
>
> > Tranny Time! The 4th drive gear hub broke where it is welded to
> the gear. This
> > seems to be on sale this month.
>
> Ack! Please don't say that - we're heading out next week for 3
> weeks...
> Is this a common one?I've heard of the shift fork issue, but not
> this. Is it
> caused by a design flaw, driving style, or? Anything that can be
> done to
> prevent it, or recognize an imminent failure?
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > > My friend's wife and kids are traveling West on a vacation in
> > > their '87
> > > Westy. She just called in from Wall South Dakota and reports she
> > > can no
> > > longer get the van to shift into fourth gear. Transmission
> seems fine
> > > in all other gears.
> > >
> > > Shifter linkage? Broken shifter fork?
> > >
> > > Bottom line: anybody know ANY VW mechs in Wall or Rapid City South
> > > Dakota. While not life threatening, this stands to be a HUGE
> emotional> > problem for all concerned.
> > >
> > > Any idea or help would be greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > Best,
> > >
> > > -jspeer
> > > '89 Westy GL "mystery machine"
> > >
> >
>
> Shawn Wright
> http://zuiko.sls.bc.ca/~swright
> '85 Jetta D
> '88 Westy 2.1L awaiting 1.6TD conversion
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