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• Trashed Tranny
  Historical mailing list - John H. Rodgers
  Thu, 13 Aug 1998 10:34:59 -0500
  ...Turns out that the pilot bearing was gone - kaput! - flywheel damaged, clutch housing full of hypoid oil, clutch disc soaked, tranny input shaft bearing...
• Re: remove engine
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Thu, 26 Aug 1999 14:40:32 -0500
  ...Sometimes a bad pilot bearing can hold dearly to the transaxle input shaft but rocking the engine a bit will free it up. A...
• V6anagon re-V6'ed, finally, mostly
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Mon, 22 Apr 1996 10:26:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...1.) How much play should the input shaft have inside the pilot bearing? 2.) What is the minimum allowable diameter of the input shaft...
• Re: Transmission drive shaft slop--CORRECTION TO POST.
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 8 May 2001 11:06:49 -0700
  ...The input shaft is supported by a roller bearing in the tranny and the pilot bearing in the engine crankshaft. There is normal play...
• diesel parts 4 sale
  Historical mailing list - Shaggy
  Sat, 4 Jan 2003 10:19:48 -0800
  ...have all the parts from an 83' diesel for sale, bellhousing, input shaft, carriers, and so on. I'm near NYC and will sell...
• Re: Delrin for Shift Linkage Bushing?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:20:09 -0800
  ...Interesting to see there's only a little stud between the input shaft and (main?) shaft. Anyway..... I may swap in the spare just...
• Re: Transmission swap problems: 86 tranny onto 83 engine.
  Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
  Thu, 7 Jan 2016 16:57:56 -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: felt washer
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Wed, 2 Mar 2005 01:31:57 -0500
  ...the trans input shaft rides in this bearing and the felt seal keeps the grease in the bearing and debris out. jonathan On Tue...
• Re: AMC Cylinder Head Question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:16:57 -0800
  ...You can call one input shaft and the other output shaft. The output shaft drives the ring gear and the drive shaft and CV...
• Re: Syncro and Long Trip w/o Front Drive Shaft?
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Tue, 13 Apr 1999 08:17:36 -0700
  ...h = locked VC, if there is nothing spinning the input > due to no drive shaft and the out put is spinning away due to...
• Re: R&R Transmission with winch?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 9 Jan 2010 21:43:32 -0800
  ...Roughness will be mainshaft bearing likely. > Grab the input shaft and pull and push hard in and out.. If there is any > clunking play...
• Just got my KEP adapter plate!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 17 Mar 1998 18:33:11 -0800
  ...1 - The instruction manual says that my transmission's input shaft is about 0.5" too long and one of two things must be...
• Re: (1) Knocking CV's (2) Ignition Switch Housing
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 26 Oct 2023 22:12:28 -0600
  ...column shaft is > loose again from apparent wear and the aluminum//pot metal housing must be > replaced again. Would appreciate any input on this...
• Re: Care and feeding of pilot bearings
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Apr 1996 07:04:57 -0400
  ...If trans input shaft is damaged at all, it must be replaced. Cost about $65 at dealer. Relatively easy to change. Only need to...
• Re: transmiision problem
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 1 Sep 2012 10:59:41 -0700
  ...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: Drive shaft removal (Syncro)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Fri, 11 Jun 1999 12:53:59 -0400
  ...the > half shafts drive the front diff, which drives the VC, which then turns > air at its input flange. Well this input flage has...
• Re: Pilot bearing failure
  Historical mailing list - Mark Milby
  Mon, 17 Aug 2015 11:32:24 -0400
  ...When the flywheel goes on it will collapse the outer > shell and the input shaft will not be able to spin free or it...
• Re: Resolved!!!!: Problem putting Golf diesel into Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delasalle
  Mon, 29 May 2000 20:56:28 -0500
  Good news no doubt, but I don't understand why you needed to remove the 1/8" of the transmission input shaft when the...
• Re: transaxle being rebuilt
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 8 Jun 2008 10:04:04 -0700
  Check input shaft seal and small-ish dome shaped seal inside each flange on tranny, (where inboard CV bolts to) inspect cross shaft for...
• Re: Transmission Woes
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 13 Nov 2011 18:25:55 -0600
  ...Basically, the clutch friction disk, transmission input shaft and throw-out bearing are suspended between the pilot bearing and input shaft bearing. Thanks, Tom...
• Re: Wheddle Engineering Lower Low Gear
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 17 Feb 1999 23:27:00 -0500
  ...The ratio is determined by the gear that is part of the input shaft, the a;most 2/1 reduction gear in the housing...
• Re: Transmission Question
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sat, 28 Feb 1998 10:14:14 EST
  ...Once the transaxle is out, the input shaft is not supported by the clutch system. This gives the impression that the shaft is rather...
• Re: Transmission swap problems: 86 tranny onto 83 engine.
  Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
  Thu, 7 Jan 2016 12:04:03 -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: 82 vanagon tranny output shaft
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:25:00 -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...
• WTB 4 spd. transmission : 81 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Lon Herman
  Thu, 12 Jun 1997 11:13:05 -0400 (EDT)
  upon removal of my 81 westie's transmission to replace clutch, input shaft was discovered to be banged up. trans. rebuilders in my part...
• Pilot bearing and seal
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Mon, 19 May 2003 13:08:27 -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...
• Re: clutch master cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Diebolt
  Tue, 24 Dec 1996 06:45:15 -0500
  ...I recently had to replace my input shaft on my trans. I knew the input shaft seal was leaking and when I pulled it...
• Re: Clutch problem - input needed
  Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
  Sun, 10 Jun 2007 10:04:45 +0200
  ...Any wear >on the shaft requires replacement. That bearing also aligns and supports >the shaft. End of tranny input shaft was smooth. A bit...
• Re: No gears
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:27:17 -0400
  ...I think that your pilot bearing went and so now the transmission input shaft can't rotate independently of the engine flywheel. Even though...
• Re: Noisy transaxle??
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Tue, 22 Oct 2013 12:19:25 -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...
• Re: Syncro and Long Trip w/o Front Drive Shaft?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 13 Apr 1999 17:54:28 -0700
  ...h = locked VC, if there is nothing spinning the input >> due to no drive shaft and the out put is spinning away due to...
• Re: Joy of tranny main bearings
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 26 Apr 1995 15:08:32 -0400
  ...It was indeed the input shaft bearing. I got a brand new, free, syncro tranny from VW under warranty because of it. It took...
• Re: tranny swap
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 15:04:58 -0500
  ...I've tried the method of filling it with grease and using an input shaft or some other rod to "hammer" the bearing out...
• Re: removing input shaft seal
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Mon, 14 May 2012 08:18:23 -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: Correction Re: Selector shaft seal questions / conformation
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 14 Jun 2021 18:32:33 -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: transmission 4 speed
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Mon, 7 Aug 2000 17:16:54 -0700
  ...At a minimum, you will have to install a diesel input shaft into the gas tranny. I have seen comments that the diesel input...
• Blown steering racks: read pls.
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Tue, 2 Sep 1997 12:54:25 -0700
  ...If your rack comes back again, lift up the shaft seal/cover around the input shaft and look for very very sticky goop smeared...
• 82 gearbox drip..drip
  Historical mailing list - Martin Laycock
  Mon, 20 Sep 1999 13:04:42 +0100
  ...I presume the problem is the a gearbox input shaft seal. Any experience with this gremlin would be most welcome. Martin 82 drip drip
• Pilot Bearing
  Historical mailing list - Paul Rogers
  Sat, 24 May 2003 11:19:03 EDT
  ...hole where it mounts while trying to wrestle the transmission and input shaft back into place? I did a clutch job and now have...
• Re: CV Joint Vibration
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Mon, 19 Mar 2007 13:20:15 -0800
  ...my old to my new shaft length, so that eliminates having the wrong length shaft. Thanks for the input. -Blake On 3/19/07...
• clutch housing rebuilding questions
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Thu, 11 May 2006 14:00:54 -0700
  ...The clutch lever where the release bearing resides, and the input shaft seal. How on earth does that shaft get removed? It looks like...
• Trans. Install: Input shaft & clutch splines
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:52:08 -0800
  ...When installing the transmission, is it obvious if input shaft/clutch splines aren't lining up? Is it possible the transmission can be "forced...
• Engine Is In!
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:10:06 -0700
  Images of mounted engine and input shaft stuff in no particular order: http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/enginein%28sortlater%29 Is it possible to tell...
• Re: Trans main shaft pulled out!
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carrington
  Thu, 4 Mar 1999 16:27:29 -0500
  ...replace the input shaft seal (likely damaged when > the shaft was pulled through), and pilot bearing (likely cause of > the shaft sticking to the...
• Re: transmission
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:58:04 -0800
  ...Scott is probably right that it is input shaft or the tranny's main shaft. My guess is in the sleeve that connects the...
• Re: Shifting into 1st gear
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Jack
  Wed, 5 Jun 2002 14:56:34 +1000
  ...It goes bad and sometimes wears out the input shaft too. These 2 parts can be cheaply had and replaced easily once the tranny...
• Re: Trans. Install: Input shaft & clutch splines
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:58:07 -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: Syncro trans input shaft guide sleeve
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 13 Jun 2021 22:00:16 +0000
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• Parts
  Historical mailing list - Bob Kelly
  Tue, 14 Sep 1999 21:49:29 -0700
  ...kit to put a inline 4 in a vanagon, bell housing, input shaft, all hose's, mounts, oil cooler, oil pan, pump. starter, ect...
• Re: Syncro Driveshaft help/input needed
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:53:26 -0600
  ...If you mean the nuts and bolts for the flanges at each end of the prop shaft, google "stover nut" and you'll see...
• Re: diesel to gas conversion ongoing...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 3 May 2002 22:49:19 -0700
  ...Took a little off of the diesel tranny input shaft with my dremel - hopefully enough. Tomorrow we'll stick it in, hook up the...
• Re: Testing transmission ...
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sat, 9 Apr 2005 19:16:17 -0700
  ...Zoltan You can check for play at each shaft, and shift through the gears while turning input shaft by hand, or while turning both...
• Re: clutch problems
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 22 Sep 2003 19:29:08 -0400
  ...I've heard these can chew up the end of the input shaft when they fail. David Brodbeck, N8SRE '82 Diesel Westfalia '94 Honda...
• Re: Help Clutch Pilot Bearing question!
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sun, 24 Oct 1999 01:46:12 -0400
  ...Left it in the package as I already had an alignment tool made > from the input shaft of an earlier VW ala Mr. Bulley...
• Oily Oily Clutch. FW O Ring Failure? and: Problem Solved? ( clutch disk hanging up )
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 29 Mar 2016 16:06:10 -0700
  hi all I'm replacing the clutch, engine oil seal, tranny input shaft seal on my '88 Westy. When removing the flywheel bolts, oil...
• Re: Good used input shaft
  Historical mailing list - chris
  Fri, 19 May 2006 14:16:05 -0700
  I would have to second that. I purchased a rebuilt trans from German Transaxle last year and they were really fast, easy to contact...
• MOTSS Lunacy and Westfalia by night
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:13:48 -0800
  ...Take your binoculars and your laid back attitude and worry about the tranmission input shaft tomorrow.
• Vanagon clutch housing rebuil
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 27 Jul 2006 13:59:26 -0700
  ...While youare at it,the input shaft seal needs attention too. Begin by removeing the snap ring on the clutch operation shaft(cos). Next...
• Re: Towing a syncro.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 14 Jul 2003 18:28:00 -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: Syncro Driveshaft help/input needed
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 12 Oct 2010 21:50:46 -0700
  ...where can i get it? also anybody have an idea of how to RE&RE the bushing in the shaft? of the shaft... and...