On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 6:29 PM, Scott Daniel  - Turbovans
<scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
> re
> "AB has slight noise in
> neutral turning the flanges only. I assume this is the diff. DK does not."
>
> it's very easy to remove the bell housing to inspect the ring and pinion
> gears. Nothing tricky or fancy involved. If there's any damage visibly
> evident in the R & P gear faces,, that would be useful info. Like, maybe
> better not use that one .
>
>

Cool.

Removing a clutch housing is something I may tackle regardless as I
either need to butcher another input shaft (shorten.... running a
Jetta engine) or swap the one I already cut (in vehicle now)

I should make sure I have access to the proper gasket before hand though.

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