Trans problems (long)

[deadbolt@mindspring.com (S. Coleman)]

Great advise from Dave.  Personally I don't even bother pulling the bushings
out.   They are brass I believe and they wear very well.  I DO always
install new ones for the same reason as Dave though.  I typically just use a
deep socket to knock the old one further into the shaft and then install the
new bushing,... then the new seal.  The shaft is hollow so I don't see a
problem with this.
HTH,
Chris
'88 16v Rocco
'78 8v Rocco
'80 Caddy
'92 SLC
'02 337 1.8T
'00 GTI VR6
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Ewing" <rabbit16v@attbi.com>
To: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 12:07 PM
Subject: Re: Trans problems (long)


> I usually replace the bushing and the seal for preventative maintenance on
> pretty much all the transmissions I take out so I don't have to take them
> back out again for something that stupid!  BUT, if you don't feel
confident
> that you can replace the bushing and it seems tight then just put in a new
> seal.  They are easy and cheap to install, no biggie!  HTH!!
>
> Dave
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stuart Castledine" <s.castledine@ntlworld.com>
> To: "scirocco list" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 2:01 PM
> Subject: Trans problems (long)
>
>
> > This got a bit long, so I've stuck the question here at the top. If you
> want
> > the background, read further...
> >
> > I've got a used trans from a yard and the oil seal on the clutch pushrod
> has
> > come out of the input shaft. Is this as simple a fix as just replacing
the
> > seal? The H*yn*s manual (I know, but we don't have Bentleys over here)
> talks
> > about pressing a bushing out of the input shaft, but I'm assuming that's
> > only if there's excessive side to side slop in the pushrod, which there
> > isn't. Thanks in advance for any help...
> >
> > Now the reason I'm doing this... some of you might remember I posted
last
> > year about a whirring/knocking noise from my transmission. The noise
went
> > away when I changed the trans oil (to semi synthetic), but came back
again
> a
> > few thousand miles later, albeit intermittently. I took it to a couple
of
> > garages, who could find nothing wrong, so I carried on driving it.
> >
> > Anyway, going to work last week, there came a series of bangs from the
> trans
> > and the noise got louder (still only there on deceleration though). This
> > occurred almost 20,000 miles since it first got noisy. Having got the
car
> up
> > on stands and gone over it, I think the problem is in the diff
somewhere.
> > There's no play in the CV joints or wheel bearings, but there does seem
to
> > be a lot of backlash in the drive flanges. Also, it used to be that
> rotating
> > one wheel would cause the other to rotate the same way, but now I can
feel
> > it binding slightly over part of the rotation and the other wheel
remains
> > stationary. It doesn't sound too healthy either :)
> >
> > Stuart
> > '88 GTX
> >
> >
> >
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