DOes anyone know what cracks these? Is it shifting
hard? What can be done to prevent the cracking?
Is there any way to tell from the outside if a
Syncro trans. Has been updated  with the new hubs?

            Eric                   86-VW4x4
            vw4x4@fyi.net          72-240z
            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler

On Sun, 7 Jun 1998, Todd Hill wrote:

> In a message dated 98-06-06 01:17:49 EDT, Frank wrote:
>
> <<  While driving my '89 Vanagon today, as I pulled away
> from a stop and  shifted into third gear, the trans got stuck
> in third. >>
>
> Todd Francis said it first and I agree with him.  Sounds
> like the dreaded 3rd/4th clutch hub crack and failure.
> The only way to fix it is to rebuild your trans and install
> the updated style clutch hub.  I've seen a lot of this type
> failure in the later watercooled 091 transaxles.  The new
> style hub seems to be working as I haven't had any
> comebacks on my rebuilds!
>
> Todd Hill
> VolksWerks Transaxles
> Olympia, WA
>