[tech]020 5th gear advice

[jdbubb at ix.netcom.com (Dan Bubb)]

You can replace 5th gear with the tranny in the car.
Unfortunately, two things seem to get damaged when 5th strips. 1) the
splines on the pinion shaft where the driven 5th gear mount seem to get
rounded so the gear can wobble. 2) the ring and pinion seem to loose some
teeth. There isn't much room between the ring gear and the housing and the
ring gear is at the lowest point of the tranny, so any little bits get
picked up by the ring gear going by get caught between the ring and pinion.
The only way to check for ring and pinion damage is to take the tranny
completely apart.
If the car was parked right after 5th stripped there may be a chance the R &
P are OK, but if it was driven much I wouldn't hope for much.
Dan

----- Original Message -----
From: "DAN" <sciroccodriver@yahoo.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 11:13 AM
Subject: [tech]020 5th gear advice


> Personal: 2 kids now, both are boys & fine with a 3rd
> on the way!  Its insane!!!!!!
> Business: I've got a friend's 92 jetta in the garage
> with a destroyed 5th gear that has stripped itself off
> the shaft and is just there rattling making
> interesting noises when the clutch isn't in.  I know
> there's some metal in the transmission now thanks to
> this but I was wondering if anybody has successfully
> replaced a bad gear like this before without the
> transmission still self destructing soon after.  I'm
> also wondering if its necessary to remove the
> transmission and sit it vertically on the bell housing
> in order to get 5th out.  I've already got the gear
> exposed by taking the transmission end cap off and I'm
> hoping for an easy fix..... but i know I'm still
> worried about those little metal shavings.  Thanks for
> any advice!
>
> =====
> Dan May - Greensboro NC
> 1997 Tacoma 4x4 SR5
> 1991 16V Passat WAGON 5speed conversion
> 1987 16V Scirocco
> 1979 Scirocco
> 1972 Harley Davidson Rapido
> http://members.aol.com/scirocco87
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