I'll have to say a 2WD Vanagon transaxle is one of the sweetest, easiest
transmissions there is to remove and replace in the car world..
doesn't get much sweeter than that.

like on a front engine rear drive car, you're messing with the shift linkage
in the console area ..nothing like that in a vanagon.
two bolts on the side of the trans, the likage is off. What could be sweeter
?

a good selection of tools helps ..nothing fancy either.
Hard flat floor, Good soid jack stands, and a floor jack and a botlte jack,
and a 4 X 4  and some chain or heavy rope. And a few hand tools.
The trans sits nicely on a floor jack ........nicely shapped and baanced for
that.
It's easy to support the engine from above in  a vanagon.
Really ....it's not bad at all, unless you are dealing with stuck/rusted
stuff, or stripped out CV joint screws or whatever ..
R & R ing a 2WD vanagon transaxle is about as sweet as it gets in the car
world for changing a trans.
If you get things supported and balanced right ...there's no struggle, no
brute strength or cursing needed or anything like that.

Really........they don't get easier or sweeter to R & R than it is in a 2WD
vanagon.

----- Original Message -----
From: "neil n" <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: WBX Transmission: Failing 3-4 Hub Feels Like?

> On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Shawn Wright <vwdiesels@gmail.com> wrote:
>> My DX 5-speed uses the same slider hub, and the failure was fairly
>> subtle,
>> and only noticeable after long drives in 4th/5th, when it would become
>> difficult to get out of gear. Other gears were not affected at all, and
>> the
>> effect at first was only after things heated up. Darryl at AA rebuilt it
>> for
>> me and replace the hub. Given how much I love swapping Vanagon trannies,
>> I
>> think I'd rebuild any unknown tranny before installing in the future...
>> :-)
>
>
> For sure. Swapping trannys is fun fun fun!
>
> From what I can tell, the WBX transmission is "easier" to rebuild than
> the DK/DX. Still. That's the kind of thing I'd tackle over the Winter.
> I really should have gotten at this job of testing transmissions
> earlier this year. I sure hope I can get some camping in before work
> starts.
>
> I'm hung with a flu bug right now, but hope to get back at 'er
> tomorrow and see what the heck is going on.
>
> Neil.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"
>
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>
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