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On Sun, 2004-03-21 at 11:56, Jim Adney wrote: > On 20 Mar 2004 at 21:25, Daniel Baum wrote: > > > My auto tranny clonks when I put it into reverse. Is this something I should > > be worried about? > > > > It goes into "3" and changes gear while driving much more smoothly. > > I think that when the AT is in N there is still a slight bit of drag in the > forward direction, so all the backlash has been taken out already when you move > the lever to D. OTOH, this maximizes the backlash when you shift to R, so > there's bound to be a difference. > > The big question is how much of a "clonk" is this. Even though some is normal, > a big one would indicate a lot of backlash somewhere. since you just redid your > CV joints they should be fine, and I assume your brake drums are tight, so that > leaves the AT innards. Some backlast there is always normal, but a lot would > indicate a problem. > Check the front Trans mount. Make sure the 4 bolts to the frame are tight, and the 2 nuts that hold it to the trans. My parts car had one stud missing, and the other nut was loose. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org