Darrell,

How difficult was the 3rd and 4th sychro hub to replace?  Any "special" tools
required? Would you be willing to post your procedure for us?

Thanx

Mike
87 Wolf W/E (with whining tranny)

Darrell Boehler wrote:

> -------------------
> Hi Volks,
>     I kind of like the way the 091/1 transaxle is designed. It has some
> improvements over the 091 or 002 that used to be a pita. The shift rods are
> nice and long and are held on both ends so shifts are still firm and sure
> even after 200k miles.  If you do your own transaxle work they are much
> easier to adjust and work on.  No special jigs needed to adjust shift forks.
>     From the list I notice some are prone to the breaking syncro hubs. I
> have never experienced this. Mine had a worn pinion gear recently that
> caused a pretty good whine (had to crank the cd  pretty good to hear Jerry).
> My 86 westy has 244k miles and I was impressed with how well the bearings
> and other gears have  held up. I did replace the 3rd / 4th gear syncro hub,
> R and P ,  along with most bearings and I am back on the road again.
> Darrell
> -----Original Message-----
> From: JordanVw@AOL.COM <JordanVw@AOL.COM>
> To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM <Vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
> Date: Thursday, September 10, 1998 9:30 AM
> Subject: Re: auto vs. manual
>
> >In a message dated 98-09-10 09:35:29 EDT, mgajewski@MANVILLERUBBER.COM
> writes:
> >
> ><< Also, I always thought manual tranny's were much simpler and therefore
> > less trouble prone.  I mean, no funky valve plates and little balls
> > moving around and all that junk.  Auto's are more reliable? I still find
> > that hard to believe...what gives?
> > Mark
> >  >>
> >
> >
> >the watercooled Vanagon manual transmissions are a poor design, and have a
> >tendency to develop a crack between 3rd and 4th gear on the "slider
> >hub"...anyway, this usually leads to problems with 3rd gear, and the only
> way
> >to fix is to rebuild or replace ($$)
> >
> >the watercooled Vanagon automatics are based on the early rabbit/jetta
> >transmission and have no more problems than any other auto trans out on the
> >market.
> >
> >lack of performance man. vs auto. is very minimal. ive driven both.
> >
> >odds are, if you own a 4spd Vanagon, you will experience transmission
> failure,
> >long before someone with a automatic Vanagon does.
> >
> >i would stick with an automatic, if you want reliability.
> >
> >chris
> >