Mark,
Thanks for this advice! It worked perfectly.

-Brad

mark drillock wrote:

>The trick is you have to slide the sleeve out far enough so it exposes
>the joint between the input shaft and the tranny main shaft. The only
>way to do this is to turn the diff until one of the recesses in the diff
>line up with the sleeve. Then the sleeve can move into the recess and
>expose the joint.
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>You can't see the exposed joint but you may be able to feel it. Once the
>sleeve is no longer bridging both parts you unscrew the input shaft CCW
>and remove it and the sleeve.
>
>Mark
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>Bradley Flubacher wrote:
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>>Hi everyone! I'm in the process of putting together a working
>>transmission for my '82 diesel vanagon. I have to remove the input shaft
>>and install it on another unit. I have removed the clip (slid it up the
>>shaft a bit), and tried to unthread it. It won't budge. What's the trick
>>to removing the shaft?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Bradley Flubacher
>>State College, PA
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