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It's back together, Kinda. (long)
- Subject: It's back together, Kinda. (long)
- From: Scirocco-Al" <scirocco-Al@insight.rr.com (Scirocco-Al)
- Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 19:30:12 -0400
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Well I've finally put my car back together after having it apart for 8 =
months. At the last Auto-x I went to something broke in the tranny. I =
had to have it towed home. If i was smart I'd but a damn trailer. I =
discovered that a screw for the beaing retainer plate behind the 5th =
gear fell out and into 5th. It knocked all the teeth off of 5th, then =
those teeth started taking out the final drive. The final tried to stop =
turning and I guess doing 50 with big hoosiers (225/45's? on 13 x 9's) =
was to much for the outer drivers side CV since the cage exploded into =
like 50 pieces.
I brought the car home and took it apart, and for various reasons have =
not had time to get it all back together (having another child, =
remodeling parts of the house to accomidate).
Fianlly finished up Sunday but all is not well. I could select all the =
gears when I had the tranny on the bench but I must have let one of the =
small springs move that work on the engagement teeth when I put it back =
together. I can go into third from 1st or 2nd, but I cant go back into =
it after coming out of it. Nor will it go in from 4th or 5th. I can go =
back to second and then it will pop right back into 3rd. Since 3rd is =
the highest I'll ever use when auto-xing I'll leave it alone for now. I =
would take it back out and fix it but my wife is having a c-section on =
Friday.
I made a few uprgades while I had it apart.=20
1. I had to replace the OMP limited slip with a shim kit. The OMP wore =
out increadibly quickly, 5 auto-x's and less than 450 miles. Total =
junk. I'd already rebuilt it once. To beat that after one drive on =
street tires I can tell the shim kit works better. If any one out there =
is considering buying this diff then save your money because it's crap.
2. Put on Hawk Blue race pads and a set of ATE powerslot rotors. OH MY =
GOD! Those pads are great. I think it stops better than my Corrado =
used too. New rotors probably didn't hurt either as the others have =
been on the car for 12 years. One side had some cracking and pitting =
going on. I should have replaced them years ago.
3. Fixed some other minor annoyances. The shift bracket that hangs from =
the bottom of the car, added the correct factory tube from the small =
white box in the back to the fuel pump to replace the copper one I made =
last summer when I replaced said white box and found out that VW had =
chaged it. A couple of small other things too.
Now if I caould talk my wife into letting me go race it on Sunday. =
Somehow I don't think I could get by with it.
Alan
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Well I've finally put my car back =
together after=20
having it apart for 8 months. At the last Auto-x I went to =
something broke=20
in the tranny. I had to have it towed home. If i was smart =
I'd but=20
a damn trailer. I discovered that a screw for the beaing =
retainer plate behind the 5th gear fell out and into 5th. It =
knocked all=20
the teeth off of 5th, then those teeth started taking out the final =
drive. =20
The final tried to stop turning and I guess doing 50 with big hoosiers=20
(225/45's? on 13 x 9's) was to much for the outer drivers side CV =
since the=20
cage exploded into like 50 pieces.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I brought the car home and took it =
apart, and for=20
various reasons have not had time to get it all back together (having =
another=20
child, remodeling parts of the house to accomidate).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Fianlly finished up Sunday but all is =
not=20
well. I could select all the gears when I had the tranny on the =
bench but=20
I must have let one of the small springs move that work on the =
engagement teeth=20
when I put it back together. I can go into third from 1st or 2nd, =
but I=20
cant go back into it after coming out of it. Nor will it go in =
from 4th or=20
5th. I can go back to second and then it will pop right back into=20
3rd. Since 3rd is the highest I'll ever use when auto-xing I'll =
leave it=20
alone for now. I would take it back out and fix it but my wife is =
having a=20
c-section on Friday.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I made a few uprgades while I had it =
apart.=20
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>1. I had to replace the OMP =
limited slip with=20
a shim kit. The OMP wore out increadibly quickly, 5 auto-x's =
and less=20
than 450 miles. Total junk. I'd already rebuilt it =
once. To=20
beat that after one drive on street tires I can tell the shim kit works=20
better. If any one out there is considering buying this diff then =
save=20
your money because it's crap.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>2. Put on Hawk Blue race pads and =
a set of=20
ATE powerslot rotors. OH MY GOD! Those pads are great. =
I think=20
it stops better than my Corrado used too. New rotors probably =
didn't hurt=20
either as the others have been on the car for 12 years. One side =
had some=20
cracking and pitting going on. I should have replaced them years=20
ago.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>3. Fixed some other minor =
annoyances. The=20
shift bracket that hangs from the bottom of the car, added the correct =
factory=20
tube from the small white box in the back to the fuel pump to replace =
the copper=20
one I made last summer when I replaced said white box and found out that =
VW had=20
chaged it. A couple of small other things too.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Now if I caould talk my wife into =
letting me go=20
race it on Sunday. Somehow I don't think I could get by with=20
it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Alan</FONT></DIV>
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