Egad!  Don't even think of putting a hammer to the internals of your
transmission.  Yike!  Maybe Daryl could pull that kind of thing off,
but unless you're a transmission expert, leave the "gentle persuasion"
on the shop bench.

T.

On Sunday, October 10, 2004, at 10:09  PM, GEORGE J GREEN wrote:

> i'm new at this whole gig, but if there's one thing i learned, when
> the manual says something about removal, it means beat it out with a
> hammer.
>
> "carefully pry the strut from the ball bearing"
>
> screw that, that thing was rusted on IMABUS since it was born in
> Germany.
>
> -Smokey
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: Vanagon Mailing List on behalf of Mark Fitzsimons
> Sent: Sun 10/10/2004 5:45 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: trans main shaft removal ??
>
>
>
> I need some advice on trans main shaft removal from a diesel and an
> aircooled
> vanagon transmission.
>
> The bell housing is removed from the transmission, the circlip is off,
> the
> reverse gear slides to the rear.............
>
> .........now how do I get the main shaft out?  It doesn't seem to
> "screw out"
> like Bentley says it will!
>
> mark
>
> mark fitzsimons
> portland, or
>