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• Re: Hi list. 90 syncro bad leak stuck in parking lot
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 26 Jun 2014 16:30:26 -0500
  ...If so, it may harm the input shaft >> seal. (??) >> >> image of oil slinger during an input shaft swap. (2WD, transmission >> side of clutch housing...
• 82 transmission advice please
  Historical mailing list - Martin Laycock
  Mon, 20 Mar 2000 12:53:56 +0000
  ...I removed my gearbox (2L 82 4spd) last night in order to change the input shaft oil seal. My problem�..on one side the...
• Re: removing input shaft seal
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sun, 13 May 2012 21:31:26 -0400
  ...removing input shaft seal > > > > How hard is it to remove the input shaft seal on the transmission > > without removing the bell housing? > > > > I realize...
• Re: Problems with the u-joints of the driveshaft
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
  Thu, 29 Apr 1999 21:11:15 -0700
  ...The viscous coupling > >was replaced due to the grooves where the input shaft enters being > >totally worn out. Later he observed severe vibrations which...
• Re: Syncro trans input shaft guide sleeve
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 13 Jun 2021 21:43:02 +0000
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• WTB: Vanagon Diesel parts
  Historical mailing list - Veedub
  Sat, 4 Sep 1999 23:27:56 -0400
  ...Bellhousing & input shaft oil pan engine mounts coolant lines if in good shape Or I will buy an entire Van for parts. Anyone know...
• Clutch Judder
  Historical mailing list - Don Bolt
  Sun, 22 Dec 2002 21:16:08 -0500
  Thanks for the input from Stan & Mark. I never dropped the tranny, I only loosened the front mount center bolt then lowered the engine...
• CV Joint failure - New or Rebuilt?
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Camealy
  Tue, 20 Jul 2004 13:14:20 -0400
  I recently pulled my CV shafts after noticing a seat of the pants vibration that was not tires or bearings. After taking them apart...
• Re: Syncro Sonata
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 16 Mar 2013 16:36:48 -0700
  ...rememberalwayshakthelanguage scott On 3/16/2013 4:24 PM, Angus Gordon wrote: > Thanks Scott, internal problem (input shaft) is what I'm thinking as...
• Re: Correction Re: Selector shaft seal questions / conformation
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 14 Jun 2021 07:43:06 -0700
  ...Shaft in place push Seal onto Shaft & Into Tranny > > simultaneously ~ Like You would do an Input or Output or Crank or > > Cam Shaft Seal...
• Re: Transmission swap problems: 86 tranny onto 83 engine.
  Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
  Tue, 5 Jan 2016 19:11:31 -0800
  ...Same problem; could >> not >> > get the engine to engage with the 91 transmission's input shaft. Turns >> out >> > that GM had changed the input...
• RE: '81 Westy Pilot Bearing
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Tue, 09 Apr 1996 10:21:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Does one have to replace the trans input shaft, and maybe the crankshaft, before all is well with the world? Or can the present...
• Re: Debugging air leaks in a Diesel
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Mon, 13 Jun 2011 20:55:53 -0700
  Seem like the injection pump input shaft seal is the culprit as some suggested. Today I did some more testing running off using two...
• Re: New owner questions-Syncro ownership costs.
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:24:38 -0700
  On 11/29/2012, Andrew wrote: > It is a good idea to index the driveshaft flanges and the input/output > flanges before removing the...
• Re: I Need a Torque convertor.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff klender
  Fri, 6 Oct 2000 01:33:48 -0400
  ...Hold them up next to each other and check that the input shafts fit. Or ask a good tranny shop. Jeff
• diesel parts?
  Historical mailing list - John \"Shaggy\" Donovan
  Thu, 12 Apr 2001 14:49:37 EDT
  ...make the conversion to a 2.0? parts like the bellhousing input shaft, and engine mouts and such? thanks for all the help Shaggy...
• Re: Clutch problem - input needed
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 9 Jun 2007 20:46:52 -0400
  While the transmission was out, did you check the following? End of tranny input shaft. Is it smooth where it sits in the pilot...
• Re: Pilot bearing and seal
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Mon, 19 May 2003 20:11:12 -0500
  ...The shaft on the transmission > (input shaft?) is no longer smootly round. The shaft apears to have > some > of the needle bearing "welded" to...
• looking for advice
  Historical mailing list - dawn
  Fri, 11 May 2001 15:54:02 -0700
  ...or not? Also does anyone know how much to trim off the manual input shaft in order for it to fit mating wise?. Darrel
• Re: damage from missing bellhousing bolts
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 21 Feb 1995 11:31:09 -0500
  >>How can I tell if the input shaft is very slightly bent? Wouldn't there be >With the engine out, jack up one wheel...
• Re: Remaned Drive shafts
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 2 May 2005 16:56:21 -0500
  I think you can get the rebuilt shafts from about any source local to you. Not much since paying big freight when NAPA has...
• Re: clutch chatter
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Thu, 27 Mar 2014 09:47:38 -0700
  ...Dave - other reasons you might have a 'grabby' clutch are oil leaks (main seal - likley, trans input shaft seal - possible, but less likely to...
• Re: Correction Re: Selector shaft seal questions / conformation
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 14 Jun 2021 13:31:20 -0700
  ...The low gears are always spinning driven off the input shaft and put a lot of energy into the oil These boxes fail from...
• Re: Need part/info:steering transfer gear
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Mon, 3 Sep 2007 11:10:33 +0000
  ...direction of the > steering�the steering shaft from the wheel provides the input, and > then an output shaft goes back to the rack�I...
• Re: Towing a syncro.
  Historical mailing list - SStones
  Mon, 14 Jul 2003 10:59:58 -0400
  ...The flywheel spins the clutch which spins the transaxle input shaft. That's the lower shaft, down in the oil, splashing it around onto...
• Re: Help Clutch Pilot Bearing question!
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sat, 23 Oct 1999 15:06:57 -0400
  ...You can also use an old input shaft to a trans. for this. Eric 86-VW4x4 vw4x4@fyi.net 72-240z Pittsburgh, PA USA...
• Re: Help with input shaft removal
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 16 Jun 2004 12:23:58 -0400
  ...I have removed the circlip from around the transmission's input shaft (took it out of its groove and moved it aft) but I...
• Re: damage from missing bellhousing bolts
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 21 Feb 1995 08:36:15 +0500
  >How can I tell if the input shaft is very slightly bent? Wouldn't there be >some difficulty shifting gears? Wouldn't there be...
• Re: F$&#$*& Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 19 May 2003 07:18:01 -0700
  If by permanently engaged, you mean, always in gear, then it could be that your pilot bearing has seized to the input shaft. Mine...
• Re: bench testing a VC--> how??
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:30:31 -0500
  ...Turn the input shaft and hold one output shaft (to simulate one wheel in sand, other wheel on pavement condition) and note how long...
• Re: Help with input shaft removal
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Wed, 16 Jun 2004 14:50:59 -0500
  ...wrote: > I have removed the circlip from around the transmission's input shaft > (took it out of its groove and moved it aft) but...
• Forwarded: Suspicious Syncro Shifting Symptoms
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Feb 96 16:05:06 EST
  ...With the bearing gone the input shaft wobbled around and destroyed the input seal. I now attribute the poor clutch action to be the...
• Re: Trans. Install: Input shaft & clutch splines
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:23:25 -0700
  ...Input shaft & clutch splines >>>> >>>> Hi all. >>>> >>>> When installing the transmission, is it obvious if input shaft/clutch >>>> splines aren't lining up? Is it...
• Care and feeding of pilot bearings
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Tue, 09 Apr 1996 14:13:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Grease end of trans input shaft and interior of pilot bearing, 4.) Install engine/clutch assembly onto trans shaft and tranny. Did I leave...
• Re: Questions re. Audi 3A engine swap (after searching the archives)
  Historical mailing list - MacLachlan, Bill
  Thu, 6 May 2004 08:20:26 -0700
  ...From what I've read the stock > tranny you have right now will possibly work just better. > >> **Input shaft length: > I've been under...
• Re: Transmission swap problems: 86 tranny onto 83 engine.
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Tue, 5 Jan 2016 12:54:32 -1000
  ...Same problem; could >>>> not >>>>> get the engine to engage with the 91 transmission's input shaft. >>> Turns >>>> out >>>>> that GM had changed the input...
• Re: Input Shaft Woes
  Historical mailing list - Mark A. Rokus
  Fri, 13 Jun 1997 18:20:59 -0700
  Another neat trick for removing the pilot bearing is to use a tap that is just large enough to thread into the bearing and...
• Re: Transmission swap problems: 86 tranny onto 83 engine.
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 5 Jan 2016 18:48:32 -0700
  ...Same problem; could not > > get the engine to engage with the 91 transmission's input shaft. Turns out > > that GM had changed the input...
• Re: Pilot bearing failure
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sun, 16 Aug 2015 20:35:27 -1000
  ...a cheapism of VW , to make the input shaft a bearing surface also. if it's not fairly smooth, and you can't get...
• Re: 82 vanagon tranny output shaft
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:21:50 -0400
  ...the engine is out, and I noticed that I can pull > > the > > input shaft of the manual transmission part way out. the van drove...
• Re: diesel to gas conversion ongoing...WARNING!
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Fri, 3 May 2002 22:17:46 -0700
  ...I used the diesel trans and diesel input shaft, and broke out the 3/4 > hub I had replaced 20K miles earlier. The depth...
• Re: used Vanagon engine
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:05:30 -0400
  ...small honda > generator with an electric motor connected directly to the input shaft > on the transmission :) > > i say honda, because they make some super...
• FW: Transmission mystery
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Fri, 18 Aug 2000 15:24:51 -0400
  ...Transmission mystery I don't understand your theory? The input shaft does not move in and out of the flywheel, so how is it...
• Re: Problem putting Golf diesel into Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 25 May 2000 17:04:05 -0700
  As others have said, check the tranny input shaft. The diesel Vanagon uses a shorter one than all other Vanagons. If someone swapped the...
• Re: Trans. Install: Input shaft & clutch splines
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:46:57 -0800
  ...Input shaft & clutch splines >>>>> >>>>> Hi all. >>>>> >>>>> When installing the transmission, is it obvious if input shaft/clutch >>>>> splines aren't lining up? Is it...
• Re: First try at a trannie only pull - questions
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Fri, 8 Apr 2005 14:36:55 -0500
  Reinstalling the tranny is a breeze if the splines on the input shaft line up with the clutch disk. If they don't, you...
• re:Throwout Bearing sleeve(was Type IV rebuild)
  Historical mailing list
  5 Feb 96 18:12:00 +1800
  ...the piece around the input shaft is called the throwout bearing retaining shaft. It is the same on all busses from 71-79, except...
• Re: Help Clutch Pilot Bearing question!
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Sat, 23 Oct 1999 17:46:12 -0700
  ...Left it in the package as I already had an alignment tool made from the input shaft of an earlier VW ala Mr. Bulley...
• Re: Adding Power Steering to an '87?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Arthur
  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:29:36 -0400
  ...Power is smaller Input shaft to the rack from Steering wheel. Power uses a different input shaft to the rack (shorter) and it is...
• (new to list!) tranny stuck in gear!
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Wed, 30 Aug 2000 18:26:04 -0400
  ...shaft slides in and out of the tranny, and that each gear is a clockwise of counter clockwise rotation of the shaft. ANY INPUT...
• Re: 4 speed shift problems
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:30:59 -0700
  ...The dying pilot bearing grabs onto the input shaft so that shaft continues to turn at engine speed even with the clutch pedal down...
• Re: transmission disassembly
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Thu, 17 Jun 2004 14:19:51 -0700
  ...transmission disassembly All; the recent thread pertaining to the removal of the input shaft got me wondering how to take apart the entire trans...
• clutch pilot tool
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Wed, 2 Apr 2003 08:44:57 -0700
  ...engine back in, and a Type I clutch pilot tool (aka input shaft) is the easiest to get my hands on. TIA Keith Adams...
• Re: clutch problems..pilot bearing?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 23 Sep 2003 14:46:33 -0400
  ...must take the bellhousing off of the tranny to > replace the input shaft. Very easy to do. Once the > tranny is out, it will...
• Re: transmiision problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 1 Sep 2012 12:44:33 -0400
  ...Since it suddenly stopped with shifting/clutch actuation I would suspect the input shaft may have separated from the main shaft, especially if the...
• Re: removing input shaft seal
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 14 May 2012 11:23:53 -0700
  ...removing input shaft seal >>> >>> How hard is it to remove the input shaft seal on the transmission >>> without removing the bell housing? >>> >>> I realize...
• RE: V6anagon soon to be re-V6'ed
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Fri, 19 Apr 1996 14:56:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...since the end of the input shaft has been pulled over the 1/4" or whatever distance... the input shaft now sits at an...
• AT and final drive removal questions
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Wed, 15 Jan 2003 21:12:11 -0500
  ...I find that the input shaft, where the torque converter goes has a big splined outside, then a smaller splined shaft inside, then a...
• Re: diesel to gas conversion ongoing...
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Fri, 3 May 2002 21:27:46 -0700
  Hey Matt, you shouldn't have to remove any material from the diesel input shaft, it's already the correct length for an I...
• Re: Input shaft question
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sun, 17 Jul 2005 18:30:10 -0500
  <<I've got to replace the seal for the stub axle to the trans.>> Simple. Remove the axle's. Pop off the drive flanges...