At 18:58 23/11/98 -0600, Joshua Van Tol wrote:
>>I have been giving much thought to the Audi transmission deal again.  We had
>>a tread months ago regarding using an Audi 5 speed trans in the vanagon with
>>diff flipped.  I was supposed to investigate the possibility of such a mod.
>>Well, time has past and I still haven't got to it yet.  I am proficient at
>>tearing down transaxles and the possibility stills exists, but I too was
>>thinking of just making a rabbit motor run backwards.  The only problem that
>>has not been considered is making the oil pump feed the motor instead of
>>blowing air down the pickup tube.
>
>The main problem with running a transmission in reverse is that it may not
>last very long, and the synchronizers may not work correctly. It is quite
>possible, and even likely that in a transaxle, the bearings that take
>reverse thrust may not be strong enough. Far simpler to run it forward, but
>flip the diff, or, if that's impossible, flip the whole tranny. KEP has
>some info on this in their catalog.

The gears would be running forward as both the wasserboxer and Audi engines
spin in a clockwise motion.  Only the differential would spin backwards.

>Joshua Van Tol -- jjvantol@lear.csp.ee.memphis.edu
>
>

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