this can be repaired if you remove the bellhousing and do the details listed
below
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "aatransaxle" <daryl@AATRANSAXLE.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 12:11 PM
Subject: Re: 82 vanagon tranny output shaft

> There is a small stud that screws into the shafts...both the internal
> mainshaft and the one you can see from outside..The stud keeps the shafts
> together and there is a collar that goes around the splines that is
actually
> what transfers power between the 2 shafts...If the circlip that holds the
> collar in place is gone or loose, then the pieces can separate. They work
> fine till the collar moves too much and when you go into reverse, then the
> shafts can separate.
> Daryl of AA Transaxle
> (425) 788-4070
> aatransaxle.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "thomas LaPointe" <vanagonmail@GMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 6:28 AM
> Subject: 82 vanagon tranny output shaft
>
>
> >I have inherited a low mile air cooled Westy. I/we will be using this
while
> > I work on "Rustfalia". the engine is out, and I noticed that I can pull
> > the
> > input shaft of the manual transmission part way out. the van drove fine
> > until the engine was pulled. so, do I HAVE to tear into the tranny , or
> > can
> > I just reinstall the engine and get the rest of the touring season done
> > first?  any experiences out there.