Once you get the circlip out of its groove, slide it back towards the end of
the shaft a few inches. Then pull straight back on the collar (towards you)
that slides over the input shaft - you may need to turn the differential to
a certain position to get enough clearance to give it room to move. Once the
collar slides back, pretend the input shaft is a screw and unscrew it!

TomC
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85 VW Vanagon Crew Cab
82 VW Westy Diesel=>Gas Conversion
81 Checker A-11 (Taxi)
65 VW Notchback

-----Original Message-----
From: Blake Thornton [mailto:blake@MATH.WUSTL.EDU]
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 1:54 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: input shaft (again)

OK, I'm getting close.  I'm not sure how to get the input shaft out of the
transmission.  I've got the bell housing off, I took the circlip off, now
what?  If I turn the shaft, the transmission's gears turn (as expected).

Thanks!
Blake
84 westy