The 4th gear seems to take more of a beating and the hub breaking from the
gear is one of it's failures. Just did one on a syncro...did a 2wd last
month with the same failure... No warnings, just does it.
gotta rebuild & repl 4th...
Daryl of AA Transaxle
Duvall, WA. (Seattle area)
1-877-377-0773 toll free
425-788-4070
aatransaxle.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Shawn Wright" <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 7:25 AM
Subject: Re: Emergency in South Dakota

> On 15 Jul 2004 at 9:49, Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET> wrote:
>
>> Tranny Time! The 4th drive gear hub broke where it is welded to the gear.
>> This
>> seems to be on sale this month.
>
> Ack! Please don't say that - we're heading out next week for 3 weeks...
>
> Is this a common one?I've heard of the shift fork issue, but not this. Is
> it
> caused by a design flaw, driving style, or? Anything that can be done to
> prevent it, or recognize an imminent failure?
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> > My friend's wife and kids are traveling West on a vacation in
>> > their '87
>> > Westy. She just called in from Wall South Dakota and reports she
>> > can no
>> > longer get the van to shift into fourth gear. Transmission seems fine
>> > in all other gears.
>> >
>> > Shifter linkage? Broken shifter fork?
>> >
>> > Bottom line: anybody know ANY VW mechs in Wall or Rapid City South
>> > Dakota. While not life threatening, this stands to be a HUGE emotional
>> > problem for all concerned.
>> >
>> > Any idea or help would be greatly appreciated.
>> >
>> > Best,
>> >
>> > -jspeer
>> > '89 Westy GL "mystery machine"
>> >
>>
>
> Shawn Wright
> http://zuiko.sls.bc.ca/~swright
> '85 Jetta D
> '88 Westy 2.1L awaiting 1.6TD conversion
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