--- Roger Sisler <rogersisler2000@YAHOO.COM> wrote:

> I remember once reading in the arvhives of someone who rebuilt a transaxel
> from a Vanagon. They said they could do most of the repairs using logical
> aids and hand tools. Only an item or two was left alone because of
> complexity or special tools. He admitted that he was pushing the envelope
> on this one.The guy got it all back together and said it worked well. No
> longevity report I could find.An interesting posting, I must say.
>
> Might try looking for this posting
>

I believe the one he left alone is the retaining ring for the pinion shaft.
This retaining ring has a fairly large diameter and is torgued. I maybe wrong.
It needs to be removed in order for the gear carrier to be separated from the
main case of the transmission.

The gear carrier has all the guts on it except the large ring gear.
I tend to believe that a manual transmission is easier than a wasserboxer to
work on. I don't think my 84 vanagon is worth much more than $1k so I am reluctant
to spend that much for a rebuild that may not be much better than the broken one.
It's tempting for me to break my two cores loose and see if I can save some money.

If I learn anything worthwhile I'll feed it back to the list.

David

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