tranny bolt kit

[rick@brubakerbox.com (Rick Alexander)]

Ok, here is my recall of the last one I did. You will need pullers and if my
memory serves me I had to make extensions for one of my 6" three jaw
pullers. No press is required but it sure is handy to have the use of one
lined up just in case. To get to the ring gear all of the transmission needs
to come apart. The ring gear does not come off of the differential for the
bolt kit. Have the normal compliment of measuring tools on hand so that you
can check the syncros while you are there.

Good luck,

Rick Alexander
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----- Original Message -----
From: <treed2@u.washington.edu>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 5:29 PM
Subject: tranny bolt kit


> I'm going to be pulling my engine and tranny together to do a 2 liter
> 16v swap in the next few days. I plan on replacing my drive flange seals
> (again) and some other stuff while its out the the car.. rear main,
> lightened flywheel, flywheel/pp bolts, pushrod bearing, endcap, rear
> mount, axle nuts, cv gaskets, cv bolts, gear oil, etc. I already changed
> the mainshaft and pushrod seals last time around.
>
> IIRC, the AGB transmission -is- succeptible to the self machining problem,
> right?
>
> Being that I'd like to avoid pulling my tranny again.. would it be worth
> the effort and expense to install a bolt kit while I have it out of the
> car?
>
> What do I need besides the kit itself (~$35 last time I checked)? I'm
> guessing a new tranny case gasket? Anything else?
>
> How hard of a job is this? I've never worked on transmission internals
> before (but I have pulled the tranny and changed the clutch disc+pp). Do I
> need any special tools or can I just remove the bolts holding the case
> together, spin the final drive drilling out rivets and installing bolts
> all the way around and then put it back together without ever removing
> the final drive gear itself?
>
> Or am I going to need crap like a hydraulic press, special tools, etc?
>
> Bentley doesn't cover the bolt kit as a seperate procedure - just as
> something to do when removing the final drive gear.
>
> Thanks all!
>
> -Toby
>
>
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