I only managed 35k miles from my rebuild from a very popular rebuilder.  It
was behind an EJ22.  Upon sending it back to him for inspection he had all
sorts of excuses like I must have been off-roading because of the red dirt
found on the case.  From day one the shift lever would move in 4th gear
when on/off the throttle, I pointed this out to him early on and he said
don't worry about it.  Well, guess what?  The rebuild failed with a
wallowed out main bearing bore, along with a bad pinion bearing.

He offered to rebuild it again at no discount, and would not give full
credit for the core either as the case was wallowed out.  I said no thanks
and left the core with him, as I just wanted to cut my losses.

Subsequently I got a Rancho rebuild with beefed up components for a few
hundred less than the original rebuilder wanted to charge.  It's been
working excellent.

All that said these transaxles have a rough life in a Vanagon.  If the
original rebuilder had explained it via this route rather than the blame
game I'd have a different opinion of him.

Ryan

Timmy Evens wrote:
>
>> lets just say you bought a rebuilt tranny from a reputable source. that
>> tranny lasted only 45k with proper oil changes before a bearing failure. it
>> was out of warranty by two years. seems a bit premature. would it be weird
>> to hope for a deal on a replacement?
>>
>>
>> tim
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