On Sun, 7 Jun 1998 23:55:35 -0400 EMZ said:
>   DOes anyone know what cracks these? Is it shifting
>hard? What can be done to prevent the cracking?

from what one dealer told me, it's just a design defect on the original
parts ... and vw won't part for the fix. :( i got the old parts back, and
the syncronizer just flat cracked from the center outward. it did NOT look
abused or damaged ... just a spreading crack from a weak spot.

>Is there any way to tell from the outside if a
>Syncro trans. Has been updated  with the new hubs?

i've NOT heard of this problem with syncro trannies, but then i don't keep
up with syncro stuff that closely.

joel