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• Re: (1) Knocking CV's (2) Ignition Switch Housing
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 27 Oct 2023 10:13:38 -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: Noisy transaxle??
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 22 Oct 2013 07:54:06 -0700
  When your foot is OFF the clutch pedal, the input/pilot shaft turns at the same speed as the crank/flywheel. Thus the bearing...
• Re: engine swaps (long)
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Wed, 14 Apr 1999 08:58:25 -0600
  ...The number ten slot is held by the GM TH-425, weighing in at over 400lbs! The Corvair's input shaft and diff appear...
• Re: Syncro trans input shaft guide sleeve
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 13 Jun 2021 15:18:41 -0700
  ...The Shift selector seal really increased its leak rate recently :-) One output shaft weeping too. And I kinda wonder if the diff lock shaft...
• Audi 5000 Automatic Transmission in a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 24 Jan 2001 00:38:11 -0500
  ...The difference seemed to be related to the input shafts (turbine and oil pump) and the output pinion shaft (pinion gear next to transmission...
• Re: Pilot bearing and seal
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Tue, 20 May 2003 21:08:28 -0400
  ...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: WBX Input Shaft Worn. Ok to Cut To DV Length?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:58:35 -0700
  On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 1:56 PM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > IIRC, the TOB was loose when I pulled this...
• Re: F$&#$*& Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 18 May 2003 22:57:19 -0400
  Could also be that the pilot bearing is seized to the input shaft. Keep pulling. If so , the input shaft will have to be...
• Re: timing belt tools
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Thu, 28 Dec 2000 16:19:54 -0800
  ...If the belt is too tight, the pump shaft bushing will wear before its time and the input shaft will leak. -Dana- "Frederick M...
• Re: Rear(very back end of the van - b ig pulley) seal leaking
  Historical mailing list - Marius Strom
  Thu, 8 Apr 2010 19:51:11 +0000
  ...Anyone have > experience with this - tips and tricks? > Can't directly comment, but recently pulled input shaft seal while input shaft still in place...
• Re: Pilot bearing and seal
  Historical mailing list - john Runberg
  Mon, 19 May 2003 23:12:42 -0400
  ...I did this just last month and it sounds like had similar experiences (although my input shaft was fine). I opted to replace the...
• Any tips on the last inch transmission mounting?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 14 May 2011 14:13:23 -0400
  Putting Sally's "new" transmission on and haven't been able to get the input shaft to enter its pilot hole. Clutch pilot tool...
• Re: Syncro and Long Trip w/o Front Drive Shaft?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 12 Apr 1999 20:25:17 -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: Diesel Bell Housing
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford
  Wed, 30 Oct 2019 12:30:12 -0400
  ...If you are using it to install an online gas engine into a Vanagon you will also need a shorter input shaft, diesel Vanagon...
• Re: Jason's New Trans Locked in Two Gears
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Sun, 16 May 1999 21:55:49 EDT
  ...the same direction? Put the transaxle in gear and turn the input shaft. CV flanges spinning in same direction now? -Todd Hill VolksWerks Transaxles...
• Re: AMC Cylinder Head Question
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:24:56 -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: Drove my tranny dry - how much transmission life left?
  Historical mailing list - Will Taygan
  Fri, 6 Nov 2009 15:11:19 -0900
  ...Assume input shaft bearing > going out? - maybe just 3/4 bearings? -snip-
• Re: Transmission oil seal replacement in 84 4-speed
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Thu, 18 Apr 2002 16:40:25 -0700
  ...that fits or whatever you have that will straddle the tranny input shaft thingee. Buffy & Philip Simmons wrote: > > OK, I now know that I...
• Re: Transmission swap problems: 86 tranny onto 83 engine.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 7 Jan 2016 20:36:06 -0500
  ...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: Strange problem
  Historical mailing list - Joe Wagner
  Sun, 15 Jun 1997 00:33:28 -0400 (EDT)
  ...The heat of the engine is causing it to grab the input shaft! This is not an uncommon problem in the early Vanagons.
• Re: Normal Transmission "Problems"? Speedo Cable?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Fri, 14 Dec 2001 05:47:41 EST
  ...except then you will get clutch jutter on takeoff and the input shaft seal on the tranny willl soon give up and you'll...
• Re: F$&#$*& Transmission
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 19 May 2003 09:23:16 -0400
  ...The pilot bearing is what lets the transmission input shaft and the crankshaft turn independently when the clutch is disengaged. David Brodbeck, N8SRE '82...
• Re: Care and feeding of pilot bearings
  Historical mailing list - Jon Christensen
  Fri, 12 Apr 1996 15:11:28 -0500 (CDT)
  ...If trans input shaft is damaged at all, it > must be replaced. Cost about $65 at dealer. Relatively easy to change. Mine was about...
• Re: No gears (resolved)
  Historical mailing list - pierre m d
  Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:19:05 -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...
• 85 transaxle removal
  Historical mailing list - Rik Santos
  Sat, 13 Dec 1997 09:26:20 -0500
  ...i need to replace my transaxle input shaft seal (if you knew how little i know about mechanics you'd laugh at me for...
• Shortest Lived Clutch
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 20:54:32 -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...
• putting air cooled transmission into 1.9L turbo diesel vanagon???
  Historical mailing list - michael johnson
  Mon, 27 May 2002 21:56:19 -0700
  ...Going to swap the bellhousings along with the main input shaft. Anyone done this swap? Any info would be a great help. gatorxray@earthlink...
• Re: Easiest Platform to Cnvert to I-4 FROM?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 27 Apr 2004 09:50:54 -0400
  ...I think the input shaft needs to be shortened, as well. David Brodbeck, N8SRE '86 Volvo 240DL wagon '82 VW Vanagon Westfalia Diesel
• Spare Parts List - Input
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Wed, 28 Aug 2002 06:57:30 -0700
  ...1990 Westy Syncro w/160k miles Stats: - Fresh Engine Rebuild - Fresh Trans Rebuild - New VC - Rebalanced Drive Shaft - New Universal Joints - Fresh AC Rebuild...
• Re: damage from missing bellhousing bolts
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 21 Feb 1995 16:07:46 +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: I4 Transmission Input Shaft Length
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 4 Feb 2002 22:42:02 EST
  ...There is a slight indentation in the end of the shaft. From this indentation to the bottom of the hole is 11mm. From the...
• V6anagon un-V6'ed (even more useless drivel)
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Tue, 16 Apr 1996 12:07:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Will also try to spin it on the end of the tranny input shaft, to make sure there's no scoring, wear, etc. The...
• Transmission swap
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 29 Nov 94 13:35:09 EDT
  ...All I changed was a bell housing and the input shaft. It worked --- ~ QMPro 1.53 ~ His ten-dollar bills have in_grown hairs!
• Re: New Trans Locked in Two Gears
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Mon, 17 May 1999 16:44:39 -0600
  ...If you turn the INPUT shaft, then one or both axles will turn (in the same direction) Just throw it in, it's fine...
• Re: CV Joint failure - New or Rebuilt?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Kennedy
  Tue, 20 Jul 2004 11:00:57 -0700
  ...So now should I buy a reman set of shafts for 85 a piece or a new set of shafts for 120 a piece...
• Re: Install Auto transmission to final drive problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 28 May 2006 09:45:47 -0400
  ...The next shaft goes from the converter turbine or rotor to the trans input. The outer shaft takes the power from the trans to...
• Re: Problem putting Golf diesel into Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Thu, 25 May 2000 12:43:36 -0400
  Sounds like the transmission input shaft is bottoming out in the bore of the crankshaft. Exact same thing happened to me when I put...
• Re: 82 vanagon tranny output shaft
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:29:19 -0700
  ...the engine is out, and I noticed that I can pull >> > the >> > input shaft of the manual transmission part way out. the van drove...
• Diesel parts available for inline-4 swap
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Mon, 18 May 1998 12:34:54 -0600
  ...Any of you flat-4 drivers thinking about an I-4 swap and looking for diesel donor pieces? (Bellhousing, input shaft, oil pan, motor...
• Re: aircooled transaxle with 1.6NA diesel
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Fri, 18 Jan 2002 15:26:48 -0500
  ...aircooled transaxle with 1.6NA diesel > Change the front mount, bellhousing AND the input shaft...that's all... >
• Re: Tranny swap time
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 31 Mar 2003 13:33:32 -0500
  ...Always > change the seal on the tranny input shaft and inspect the release shaft > for wear on the curves areas where the release bearing...
• Re: VW gas I4 Engine Conversion input needed. (I think I've made my choice)
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Thu, 27 Sep 2007 23:33:21 -0400
  ...Is this possible? Will the extra length on air cooled tranny input shaft be "taken up" by the adaptor plate? i.e. no need...
• Re: 82 transmission advice please
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Mon, 20 Mar 2000 09:37:19 -0500
  ...gearbox (2L 82 4spd) last night in order to change the input > shaft oil seal. > My problem.....on one side the CV bolt threads...
• Re: Flipped transaxles for HiPo Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Doug Jones
  Sun, 28 Mar 1999 23:21:35 -0800
  ...My guess is a Porsche 915 transaxle might work except that it has a larger input shaft; but, I have no idea about the...
• Oil leak, now slipping clutch - what seal?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:57:39 -0700
  ...My thinking is that it is the input shaft of the gearbox seal that went as this can get easy access to the clutch...
• Re: Syncro Driveshaft help/input needed
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Tue, 12 Oct 2010 22:37:18 -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...
• Re: [Syncro] Average time to pull transmission, engine, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 26 Jun 2006 20:42:55 -0400
  ...Replacing the seals and either the clutch operating shaft or the trans input shaft all add time. When I am asked, I plan on...
• Cluch housing removal on a syncro
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Thu, 26 Mar 1998 18:25:15 -0800
  ...bellhousing?) on to the tranny as it appears one needs to remove the clutch housing in order to replace the input main shaft... dave
• Re: transmission
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:17:46 -0500
  ...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: 84 westy front seal leak
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sat, 16 Sep 2006 08:04:46 -0700
  ...It wasn't, and I had to pull the transmission again to replace the input shaft seal on the transmission. Even worse, I had...
• Re: removing input shaft seal
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 14 May 2012 17:50:51 -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: 1600 IN A 73 - ROUND 2
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 4 Jan 1996 12:07:13 GMT
  ...Although the input shaft is a half inch or so longer, that has caused no problems. In fact, we really enjoy being able to...
• Re: Tranny swap time
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 31 Mar 2003 10:16:30 -0800
  ...Always change the seal on the tranny input shaft and inspect the release shaft for wear on the curves areas where the release bearing...
• Re: question regarding clutch bearings and shifting problems
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sun, 8 Jun 2003 17:28:30 -0400
  ...It will feel normal but the transmission input shaft and the crankshaft will still turn together because of the seized bearing. David Brodbeck, N8SRE...
• Re: diesel to gas conversion ongoing...WARNING!/2
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sat, 4 May 2002 11:26:43 EDT
  ...I assumed that the pilot hole depth on my Audi 3A 2.0L block would be such that the diesel input shaft would fit...
• Re: HEV conversion
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 15 Oct 2001 21:20:43 +1200
  ...axle >shaft and CV joints. Each motor would have a dedicated motor controller >but shared battery bank. The motor controller would utilize inputs of...
• Re: Syncro and Long Trip w/o Front Drive Shaft?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 13 Apr 1999 17:57:57 -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...
• Transaxle shipping costs
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 9 Mar 2016 10:20:55 -0800
  ...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: No gears (resolved)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:57:58 -0600
  ...Even > though the clutch can disengage just fine, it doesn't matter, > because the input shaft is stuck in the flywheel. So the > syncromeshes...
• Re: R&R Transmission with winch?
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Sat, 9 Jan 2010 19:41:06 -0800
  ...Turn the input shaft and see if there is an discernable noise or roughness you can feel. Roughness will be mainshaft bearing likely. Grab...