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• drivetrain noise diagnosis...?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Mon, 18 May 1998 14:21:59 -0300
  ...when parked) (input shaft brgs) 6) check under acceleration/deceleration/neutral throttle (output flange or pinion brgs., worn R&P gears) 7) on syncros...
• Re: Identifying sounds
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 1 Mar 2014 22:57:59 -0500
  Can you change the noise with the throttle, no load-full load? Sounds like the input shaft needle bearing. Check-fix it soon. The...
• Re: FS: 5 Speed Diesel Tranny
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:28:48 -0800
  ...82 DV 4 speed..........the least desirable of all > vanagon manual transmissions. > > at the right price.. > the Bell Housing and input shaft are valuable. > >
• Re: vanagon turbo diesel gearing
  Historical mailing list - Scott Walker
  Mon, 22 Mar 1999 01:10:28 -0500
  I'm no gearbox expert, from what I've read and seen isn't it possible to switch the bellhousing and input shaft and...
• The clutch job from the Nether Regions!
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Mon, 23 Sep 2002 13:19:42 -0400
  ...The TO bearing slides on this metal tube that is around the splined input shaft of the transmission. This metal tube was worn so...
• Re: Can't figure out the clutch
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Fri, 16 May 2014 10:07:35 -0600
  ...The result is that your input shaft can wobble around and thrash the bronze bushing in front of the bellhousing. When that happens you...
• Re: : Hi list. 90 syncro bad leak stuck in parking lot
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 26 Jun 2014 18:30:15 -0700
  ...one on the "new" one....In just a few days the input shaft seal was ruined and leaked gear oil into my clutch....which...
• Re: What parts could I use?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 28 Oct 2004 20:32:01 -0700
  ...motor mounts and cradle with attaching hardware pan and oil pickup bell housing transmission input shaft flywheel & clutch starter motor exhaust system and manifold...
• Re: Noisy transaxle??
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Tue, 22 Oct 2013 08:43:59 -0500
  It seems like just a bit more noise than an input shaft bearing should make, if I raise the rpm and the engine drowns...
• FS (cheap or FREE) Vanagon trannys
  Historical mailing list - john Runberg
  Sat, 10 May 2003 01:01:51 -0400
  ...Come get 'em and leave me whatever you like ($, cookies, ?) 1) Diesel 4sp, condition unknown, missing bellhousing and intermediate plate, or input shaft. 2...
• Power Steering Rack
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Mon, 27 May 2013 12:16:38 -0700
  ...Is there a magic I'm missing to removing the plastic cap from the input shaft of the steering box? Talking about the splined...
• Re: was: Re: diesel parts - Now: what is needed for a Golf conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Sun, 25 Mar 2001 18:13:05 EST
  ...accelerator cable and pedal, exhaust manifold, down pipe, muffler from diesel, input shaft from trans (the diesel one is shorter), starter, flywheel, clutch and...
• Transmission CV Joint Seals
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin E. Beasley
  Tue, 27 May 2003 16:46:52 -0400
  ...Now, it could be that oil is leaking from my shifter shaft seal where it inputs into the tranny. Not willing to take a...
• flywheel pilot bearing will not fit!
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 13 Nov 2003 11:08:33 -0500
  ...Therefore as you tighten up the flywheel you crush down the end of the pilot bearing making it impossible to install the input shaft...
• Re: Bellhousing gasket source?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 18 May 2004 07:08:30 -0400
  ...and its cheap! ERic Shawn Wright wrote: >I just replaced the leaking input shaft seal on my '88 Westy transmission, and >could not find...
• Re: Tranny Whinning in 84 Westy?
  Historical mailing list - John Jensen
  Sun, 18 Sep 2011 18:56:41 -0400
  ...So I gather from the conversation that this is likely a bad input shaft (main) bearing. I also gather (hopefully) I can expect to...
• Re: Longer Lasting Clutch?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 26 Apr 2011 10:48:59 -0700
  ...input shaft length was a hair long or not slightly > rounded (as is stock) even though the transmission would seat, the input > shaft could...
• Re: tranny issue
  Historical mailing list - Leon
  Sun, 24 Apr 2005 21:08:14 -0700
  ...I would take it back and have r&p checked.Now days i ask my trans guy to replace input shaft, seal, release shaft...
• Re: Transmission woes...
  Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
  Fri, 11 Jun 1999 18:05:51 -0400
  ...The input shaft turns smoothly, as do the output flanges. It is the side shift type. Would like $300 plus shipping. > -----Original Message----- > From...
• Re: syncro driveshaft 'clunk!'
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Thu, 14 Feb 2002 18:06:02 EST
  ...it may be caused by a wallowed spline connection on the input shaft of the front final drive unit. If it is a clunk...
• Re: Clutch replacement
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 21 May 2004 19:43:57 -0700
  ...I know the input shaft is involved because I paid for one of those. Sorry for the ignorance. Mike On 5/21/04 7...
• Re: clutch replacement - anything else while I'm in there?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 4 Feb 2005 10:28:03 -0500
  ...Needed it when I relplaced the input shaft. Mike >> In a message dated 2/3/05 11:57:46 PM, swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC...
• Re: Mechanical Geniuses please note! (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 7 Aug 2005 09:02:59 -0400
  ...The motor - by way of pulleys - > will drive a shaft whose rotational speed should have a controllable > range from 0 to 200 RPM. > > I...
• Re: clutch shudder?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 2 Aug 2005 09:41:22 -0400
  ...Replacing the input shaft seal in the transmission is another must do as far as I'm concerned. While it's all out ... replacing...
• Re: shivering van.....
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sun, 6 May 2007 00:00:50 -0400
  ...left or right??? center??? We need more input brother! Somethig is wrong in what you did!!! think twice! Drive axles are very simple, so...
• Re: how can you tell 4-speed vs. 5-speed apart outside of the van
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 24 Oct 2006 00:54:15 -0700
  ...I remember turning the > input > shaft on the tranny (with the engine unbolted) and shifting the tranny > with > a pair of vice-grips on...
• Re: Aftermarket cruise control speed sensor
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Mon, 2 Aug 2004 16:24:39 -0400
  ...It is looking for a twin magnet setup on the drive shaft (half shaft on a vanagon) with an external pickup that senses the...
• re. Mechanical Geniuses please note! (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee, Vanagon Racks
  Sun, 7 Aug 2005 14:39:33 -0600
  ...You can get VFDs which have single phase input and 3 phase output. Mine are 220v single phase input and 220v three phase output...
• Re: Problem removing / installing automatic from final drive
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Thu, 9 Jul 2009 09:41:04 -0700
  ...the photo) > > My turbine shaft was sticking out of the bell housing about 1.5 inches > past the center input shroud and could not...
• Re: Tranny Swap this weekend...
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:33:22 -0800
  ...IIRC, the seal at input shaft isn't pricey. Don't know about plastic (?) seals on flanges. As for stuck bolts, the CV bolts...
• The !New! Bungee bus (was:Type 2 Engine Mount)
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 06 Jun 1996 09:12:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...are, in the transmission of torque from clutch plate to tranny input shaft. This may be the Divine Inspiration needed to get the V6anagon...
• Re: Endplay Shims
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 13 Jul 1997 07:48:00 -0400 (EDT)
  ...and to put a wee smear of Moly grease in the input shaft pilot bearing. If you don't have the contraption to *meaure...
• Re: Transaxle shipping costs
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 9 Mar 2016 21:41:04 -0500
  ...I know this might void any warrantee offered and leave the input shaft open to damage but... Would a tranny rebuilder consider taking a...
• Re: power steering rack questions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 12 May 2006 22:22:31 -0400
  ...Is there a way to accurately determine "Center" with the boots installed? Turn the input shaft lock to lock and count the turns. Divide...
• Re: Problem finding a gear 83 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 22 Jun 2005 17:47:26 -0400
  Barb, This sure sounds like your pilot bearing is seizing on the transmission's input shaft. It's located in the crankshaft and is...
• Problem removing / installing automatic from final drive
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Thu, 9 Jul 2009 10:09:12 -0400
  ...the photo) My turbine shaft was sticking out of the bell housing about 1.5 inches past the center input shroud and could not...
• Stickers, Lurkers, unsubscribers, etc...
  Historical mailing list - Chris Smith
  Wed, 29 Mar 2000 08:24:49 -0600
  ...Have every other VW break a really expensive part, such as the crank in your thing, or the tranny input shaft in your ghia...
• Re: Noisy transaxle??
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 22 Oct 2013 13:13:40 -0500
  ...Once that hardened > >> surface is lost, complete failure is rapid. > >> > >> BTW, I'm amazed to see that people have replaced the input shaft bearing...
• Vanagon Pilot bearing
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 14 Apr 1996 21:36:29 -0500
  Jon, Did you try packing the bearing with grease and using an old input shaft to drive the pilot bearing out? I've use...
• Re: Things to do when replacing clutch
  Historical mailing list - Joe
  Mon, 12 Mar 2001 20:28:31 -0500
  ...I changed the clutch about 60,000 ago now the pilot bearing is seizing to the input shaft so you cannot shift. I would...
• Almost ready to pull 2.1--questions
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:14:35 -0500
  ...rear sheet metal (looks like it's gonna be tight) as it clears the input shaft and then lowers. Is that about right? Jim
• Re: Clutch Noise NOT Depressed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 4 Jul 2009 18:39:49 -0700
  ...what I usually think of then is transmission input shaft bearings. The trans input shaft stops turning when you push in the clutch .......... hence...
• Re: Adding Power Steering to an '87?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:49:49 -0800
  ...Power is smaller Input shaft to the rack from Steering wheel. Power uses a different input shaft to the rack (shorter) and it is...
• 4 speed transmission questions
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Mon, 17 Jan 2005 20:19:00 -0500
  ...I spent the last few hours playing with it, and have some questions. -What is the maximum allowable radial play for the input shaft...
• Re: 1.6na to 1.6t
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 8 Oct 2008 20:46:25 -0700
  ...you could also swap over your stock diesel vanagon trans input shaft. you can tell by comparing the two shaft how much you need...
• Re: Just an update on my clutch problem fixing oil leaks.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 8 Jun 2021 18:32:44 -0700
  ...I’m sure the input shaft seal is leaking on that, and I know the shift selector shaft seal is leaking. New seals ordered...
• Re: Flywheel Sleeve - WBX 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:31:09 -0500
  ...The transmission > input shaft goes through this whole assembly of flywheel, sleeve, felt > washer and into the needle bearing in the end of the...
• Re: Trans noise
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 Oct 2018 16:06:58 +0000
  ...worn.  I had to have a bushing made for the shifter input shaft.  Don't know if one was put in by the rebuilder...
• Re: Shortest Lived Clutch
  Historical mailing list - Lee F. Schelin
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:38:32 -0700
  ...Trans back out about 3k ago to replace the leaky input shaft seal. > Last > > Thursday, daughter was driving it to town and the clutch...
• Recent Transmission and Pilot Bearing Adventures
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Wed, 8 Jan 2003 02:15:29 EST
  ...Novel surface turning of the end of the transmission input shaft. Redline MT 90 gear oil saturated clutch and pressure plate assembly. Nonexistent input...
• Re: Oil leak, now slipping clutch - what seal?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 15 Jun 2008 18:04:48 -0700
  ...input shaft of the gearbox seal that went as this can get easy > access to the clutch as opposed to the crank shaft seal...
• Re: Transmission experts?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 1 Apr 2005 17:43:22 -0500
  Input shaft roller bearing? Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of jimt Sent: Friday, April 01...
• Re: question regarding clutch bearings and shifting problems
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 8 Jun 2003 16:14:09 -0700
  ...The main purpose of the bearing is to allow the engine to turn at a different speed that the tranny input shaft. If the...
• Re: Help, Shifting/Clutch Problem???
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Mon, 18 Jan 1999 21:05:38 -0500
  ...You just have to try to wiggle and pull until the input shaft comes out. Be careful not to pull so hard so the...
• Re: Oil leak, now slipping clutch - what seal?
  Historical mailing list - The Westy man
  Sun, 15 Jun 2008 13:56:38 -0700
  ...input shaft of the gearbox seal that went as this can get easy > access to the clutch as opposed to the crank shaft seal...
• Clutch parts
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Sun, 27 Apr 2003 09:55:52 -0500
  ...Manual Transmission Gasket, Manual Transmission Main Input Shaft Seal, Anything I'm missing? thanks for any help!! Blake 84 Westy St Louis
• Re: pilot bearing/clutch problems
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 29 Nov 94 12:40:20 AST
  ...Let the engine and tranny tilt down slightly so you can inch the tranny forward, off the input shaft. Don't let the tranny...
• ABA into 1.9 Vanagon was coolant overflow fears and thoughts
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 12 May 2013 20:17:22 -0700
  ...housing to engine attachment bolts transmission input shaft seal either a diesel input shaft or shorten wasserboxer shaft 10 mm transmission to bell housing...
• Re: clutch chatter
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Fri, 28 Mar 2014 08:47:41 -0700
  ...heard of (flywheel not cross shaft) > *little goober is a brass bushing that fits inside the flywheel inputshaft > opening and holds the pilot bearing...
• Re: SPAM-LOW: Re: Clutch problem - input needed
  Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
  Wed, 13 Jun 2007 22:21:27 +0200
  ...the master and the release arm/shaft/fork, so how is >that realease arm? (is the shaft and forks that push the release bearing...