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Re: Bearing load on reverse driven transaxles
Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
Wed, 25 Nov 1998 17:37:45 -0600
...The mainshaft This is true for most transaxles. I was thinking about the longitudunal loading imparted by the pinion gears. >is supported in the...
Re: Felt washer in flywheel, make your own? ... and more
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sun, 13 Jun 2004 19:32:54 -0500
...The transmission's > > mainshaft is badly scored where it rides in the pilot bearing and I'll > > be > > replacing the shaft and seal. > > > > All...
Re: engine efficiency, I4s, subies, etc
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Sat, 3 Nov 2001 12:55:42 EST
...But the question remains, can the mainshaft and the 3/4 hub hold up to this. Sullivan either knows or will know at least...
Re: first try = first run = no running anymore
Historical mailing list - Ry
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:40:12 -0500
...You can ruin the dry tranny without driving the van, since the >> > engine >> > >> will always turn the tranny mainshaft. >> > >> >> > >> Mark >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> Ry wrote: >> > >> >> > >>> Update: >> > >>> A...
Clutch replacement report - longish
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Fri, 16 Mar 2001 11:58:12 -0800
...This allowed me to drive the old mainshaft oil seal out from behind. I cleaned and lubed the release shaft, installed the new throw...
Bus Depot and Rebuilt Transmissions
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Wed, 1 Oct 2003 01:10:44 EDT
...For the transmission in question for this round, I had a DK ('81 Air Cooled) with mad mainshaft bearings, a bellhousing from a turbodiesel...
Re: Slick 50 for Manual transmissions
Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
Sat, 12 Aug 2000 10:33:13 -1000
...may also whine under load. > > > > My 095 trans suffered a collapsed mainshaft bearing; this did not quite > > make what you'd call a whine...
Re: first try = first run = no running anymore
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:37:30 -0700
...You can ruin the dry tranny without driving the van, since the >> > engine >> > >> will always turn the tranny mainshaft. >> > >> >> > >> Mark >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> Ry wrote: >> > >> >> > >>> Update: >> > >>> A...
Re: first try = first run = no running anymore
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:23:08 -0700
...You can ruin the dry tranny without driving the van, since the >>> > engine >>> > >> will always turn the tranny mainshaft. >>> > >> >>> > >> Mark >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> Ry wrote: >>> > >> >>> > >>> Update: >>> > >>> A...
Re: Gear Oil: Opinion/subjective experience..long.
Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
Mon, 6 Dec 2010 19:27:46 -0800
...In taking apart units for gearing upgrades or odd failures, I have seen abnormal wear on ring & pinions, pinion bearings and the mainshaft's...
Re: first try = first run = no running anymore
Historical mailing list - Ry
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:25:12 -0500
...You can ruin the dry tranny without driving the van, since >>>> the >>>> > engine >>>> > >> will always turn the tranny mainshaft. >>>> > >> >>>> > >> Mark >>>> > >> >>>> > >> >>>> > >> >>>> > >> Ry wrote: >>>> > >> >>>> > >>> Update: >>>> > >>> A...
Re: transmission rebuild(long)
Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:00:35 -0700
...repl with updated ones... >> Rebush the gear carrier housing so the mainshaft bearing will stay in >> place. >> Rebush case where 1/2 relay lever...
Re: Transmission noise, shifter goes into reverse too easily
Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
Mon, 7 Feb 2005 07:49:22 -0800
...All the bearings were replaced, but I recall the big mainshaft bearing as the one responsible for the noise (it's the most expensive...
Re: transmission rebuild(long)
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:10:57 -0700
...repl with updated ones... >>> Rebush the gear carrier housing so the mainshaft bearing will stay in >>> place. >>> Rebush case where 1/2 relay lever...
Re: [Syncro] Oh Shit! (Transaxle rebuild info)
Historical mailing list - chris weddle
Thu, 25 May 2000 10:30:10 +0000
...you are just going to change the slider hub on the mainshaft). Answers to your specific questions: > 1) It is a bit unclear in...
Re: first try = first run = no running anymore
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:15:44 -0700
...You can ruin the dry tranny without driving the van, since >>> > >> the >>> > engine >>> > >> will always turn the tranny mainshaft. >>> > >> >>> > >> Mark >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> Ry wrote: >>> > >> >>> > >>> Update: >>> > >>> A...
Re: Shift rod freeplay - what is it? Was: Alternatives to standard transmissions: What is possible?
Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:40:40 -0700
...hard to remove needle bearing that supports one end of the mainshaft. It will include the version 3 of the 3-4 slider hub...
Re: Waterfront campsites for kayak on Vancouver island and Bella Coola, British Columbia?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 3 Jul 2011 12:33:28 -0700
...must worse ...if the mainshaft bushing is worn, it can cause timing belt to track off center.. which can wear through the timing belt...
Catastrophic failure, a week-long saga, not-so-happy ending
Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
Sun, 25 Feb 2007 23:51:47 -0500
...A call to Daryl at AA confirmed what I suspected, that a mainshaft bearing was likely on it's way out. The sound never...
Fwd: Advice wanted (and maybe some sympathy) on what looks somewhat major..
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Thu, 31 Oct 2013 17:34:01 -0700
...So I pulled plug wires, one at a time...and the two at the mainshaft end, the clutch end...they didn't change the...
Re: Gear Oil: Opinion/subjective experience..long.
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 12 Dec 2010 11:27:22 -0500
...In taking apart units for gearing upgrades or odd failures, I have seen abnormal wear on ring & pinions, pinion bearings and the mainshaft's...
Re: first try = first run = no running anymore
Historical mailing list - Ry
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:32:22 -0500
...You can ruin the dry tranny without driving the van, since > >>>> >> the >>>> > engine >>>> > >> will always turn the tranny mainshaft. >>>> > >> >>>> > >> Mark >>>> > >> >>>> > >> >>>> > >> >>>> > >> Ry wrote: >>>> > >> >>>> > >>> Update: >>>> > >>> A...
New member from New Zealand
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Fri, 3 Mar 2000 22:08:37 +1300
...A teardown showed that hardening was coming off the 2 top gears, and a mainshaft bearing, the bugbear of rear-engined transmissions, had collapsed...
Re: Fwd: Advice wanted (and maybe some sympathy) on what looks somewhat major..
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
Thu, 31 Oct 2013 18:11:57 -0700
...plug wires, one at a time...and the two at the mainshaft end, > the clutch end...they didn't change the running much off...
Re: first try = first run = no running anymore
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:58:56 -0500
...You can ruin the dry tranny without driving the van, since > >>>>> >> the >>>>> > engine >>>>> > >> will always turn the tranny mainshaft. >>>>> > >> >>>>> > >> Mark >>>>> > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > >> Ry wrote: >>>>> > >> >>>>> > >>> Update: >>>>> > >>> A...
Re: what to do? (part out or what)...
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:50:33 -0800
...replaced the clutch twice before; and > the flywheel seal, and the mainshaft seal on the tranny). > But I'm tired, and not going to...
Re: Advice wanted (and maybe some sympathy) on what looks somewhat major..
Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
Thu, 31 Oct 2013 18:12:21 -0700
...plug wires, one at a time...and the two at the mainshaft end, > the clutch end...they didn't change the running much off...
Re: [TDI-conversion] Catastrophic failure, a week-long saga, not-so-happy ending
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Mon, 26 Feb 2007 06:59:29 -0800
...A call to Daryl at AA confirmed what I suspected, that a > mainshaft bearing was likely on it's way out. The sound never...
Re: Waterfront campsites for kayak on Vancouver island and Bella Coola, British Columbia?
Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
Wed, 6 Jul 2011 21:03:53 -0700
...belt can be serious, even fatal. > second.. > must worse ...if the mainshaft bushing is worn, it can > cause timing belt to track off center...
Re: Advice wanted (and maybe some sympathy) on what looks somewhat major..
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Thu, 31 Oct 2013 18:22:37 -0700
...plug wires, one at a time...and the two at the mainshaft end, >> the clutch end...they didn't change the running much off...
Re: Advice wanted (and maybe some sympathy) on what looks somewhat major..
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 31 Oct 2013 21:59:41 -0400
...So I pulled plug wires, one at a time...and the two at the mainshaft end, the clutch end...they didn't change the...
Re: [syncro.org] RE: Gear Oil: Opinion/subjective experience..long.
Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
Tue, 7 Dec 2010 01:47:47 -0600
...In taking apart > units for > gearing upgrades or odd failures, I have seen abnormal wear on ring > & > pinions, pinion bearings and the mainshaft's...
Re: [Syncro] Subaru Motors Wreck Trannies?--Commentary
Historical mailing list - EMZ
Thu, 1 Feb 2001 16:59:42 -0500
...I don't think there is any that would > relate to the mainshaft bearings. > > Mark > > > >Mark Drillock <drillock@e...> wrote: > > > I had just had...
Flywheel, shims, seals, (long)
Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
Wed, 6 Jan 1999 19:22:25 EST
...The mainshaft of the transmission will fit through the flywheel center hole with the felt ring and spacer in place. After it was installed...
Re: [Syncro] Subaru Motors Wreck Trannies?--Commentary
Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
Fri, 2 Feb 2001 12:23:27 +1100
...I don't think there is any that would > relate to the mainshaft bearings. > > Mark > > > >Mark Drillock <drillock@e...> wrote: > > > I had just had...
Subaru Motors Wreck Trannies?--Commentary
Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
Thu, 1 Feb 2001 08:52:49 -0500
...I don't think there is any that would relate to the mainshaft bearings. Mark > >Mark Drillock...
To All Tiico Owners: Solutions To Every Tiico Conversion Question
Historical mailing list - Jon
Tue, 4 Mar 2003 00:25:56 -0500
...How are your carrier bearings? Mainshaft bearings? Syncro's?Front mount? take these seriously into consideration. Burnt pistons, fuel economy, and performance. First of...
Re: To All Tiico Owners: Solutions To Every Tiico Conversion Question
Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
Wed, 5 Mar 2003 08:13:47 -0500
...How are your carrier bearings? Mainshaft bearings? Syncro's?Front mount? take these seriously into consideration. > > Burnt pistons, fuel economy, and performance. First of...
Re: To All Tiico Owners: Solutions To Every Tiico Conversion Question
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
Wed, 5 Mar 2003 11:06:44 -0800
...How are your carrier bearings? Mainshaft bearings? Syncro's?Front mount? take these seriously into consideration. Burnt pistons, fuel economy, and performance. First of...
Parting out '85 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
Wed, 5 Mar 2003 19:47:56 +0000
...How are your carrier bearings? >Mainshaft >bearings? Syncro's?Front mount? take these seriously into consideration. > >Burnt pistons, fuel economy, and performance. First of...