Hi Glen,

I have done this fix twice (no, not on the same tranny).  :)

I have pictures of the broken hubs on my site, but no repair instructions.
You will access to a hydraulic press, and need to purchase or fabricate a
tool to remove the pinion retaining nut and the differential collars on the
side of the tranny. I bought a BugPak brand tool for the pinion, and made a
tool for the collars.

Other than that, it is a pretty easy repair if you are into that kind of
stuff. Pics of the broken hub are at:

http://volksweb.relitech.com/091trans.htm

TomC
tcarrington@relitech.com
http://www.relitech.com/tomc
http://volksweb.relitech.com
http://checkerweb.relitech.com
85 Vanagon Crew Cab
82 Westy diesel=>gas conversion
81 Checker A-11 (Taxi)
65 Notchback

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doublecabguy [SMTP:doublecabguy@SHAW.CA]
> Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2002 1:22 AM
> To:   vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject:      3 - 4 syncro hub repair????
>
> Hi Volks,
>
> I am looking for some info on repairing the 3rd-4th gear syncro hub on a
> 86 rwd. transmission.
> I have a spare transmission that I want to repair.
> It is grinding when coming out of 4th gear.
> I believe that it is the all to common 3rd-4th gear syncro hub.
> Has anyone done this repair them selves?
> If so how difficult was the repair?
> Where can I buy the parts for the repair?
> At one time there was a list member that had pictures of the repair on his
> web site.
> Does anyone know the URL for this site ?
>
> Any advice and info on the repair is greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Glen Cook