Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 07:50:24 -0700
Reply-To: Daryl Christensen <aatransaxle@DIRECWAY.COM>
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From: Daryl Christensen <aatransaxle@DIRECWAY.COM>
Subject: Re: what causes 3rd & 4th gear to go out?
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Ther are several causes for the 3/4 failures, but the most common is the hub
that the 3/4 slider rides on cracks due to poor design and binds up or gets
bound up in a gear. Even the factory update does crack at times, but mostly
on heavier rigs or those with more power it seems. Shift linkage or the
internal shift rods usually get broken trying to force the thing into gear.
At the same time, the slider cracks put the gear sets out of position and
grind the gear housing which makes more end play for the gears andruins more
stuff in there.
Its tough to do repairs on these things without the proper tools. I have had
many a guy send me one partially disassembled saying..to heck with
this..send me a rebuild. I have seen many done by genaric trans repair shops
that were hacked apart and together only to break a few thousand miles down
the road.
$1095 for a rebuild with a 3 yr warranty
Daryl of AA Transaxle
Duvall, WA. (Seattle area)
1-877-377-0773 toll free
425-788-4070
aatransaxle.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Goldey" <Dieselslave@WMCONNECT.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 8:31 PM
Subject: what causes 3rd & 4th gear to go out?
> Here I am rolling down the road in the Vanagon "Big Brother" version- 1.9
> watercooled w/4 speed when my shifter linkage busts at the tranny's shift
> lever
> which looks like some kind of hip replacement looking ball. Well I
> replaced
> that but found out I lost 3rd and 4th gear. I crawled under "Squeaky and
> put her
> in all gears manually many times but could pull up no 3rd or 4th gear.
>
> It was always a little rough getting it into 3rd gear before the tragety
> and
> I figured that is what made the shift lever bust in the first place.
> After fixing the shifter linkage here is my question is...what causes 3rd
> &
> 4th gear to go out? What is the best tranny fix?-can I open this
> transmission
> up myself and fix it? I saw the inside drawings of the transmission from
> Mitchell and imagined it may be one of those gear shift rods inside the
> tranny gone
> bad (since there is one rod for the 3rd and 4th gear).I don't know. How
> much
> would they cost anyway?
>
> Do I get a replacement and just cross my fingers? All opinions and
> experiences on this subject are appreciated.
> g.
> 1984 Vanagon "Squeaky"
> 1972 Baha "Beast"
> http://dieselslave.tripod.com
>
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