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Re: [T3] The "Freeway Flyer" transmission


<x-charset iso-8859-1>This is good news!  Ive got a good tranny... but its probably a 4.125.

Will there be problems matching ring and pinions with different amounts of
wear??
How hard is it to set up the ring and pinion contacts in the VW tranny??


Keith


> A little bit more info on the 3.875 diff.
>
> *All pinions are with 8 teeth.
>
> *There are three different rings for T1/T14/T3.
>     35t for the 1200/1300 models, this is 4.375:1
>     33t for the 1500/1600 models, this is 4.125:1
>     31t for 73-up T1/T14 1600 cars, this is 3.875:1
>
> So, if you find a diff with only 31t you have the 3.875 ring, and
> there's no need to dismantle the entire tranny to replace teh pinion.
> OTOH, it may be easier to swap the tranny as a unit.
>
> PerL
> 73 Variant L
>
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