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On 3 Sep 2005 at 23:53, ibjack wrote: > This brings up an interesting thing that I noticed when I started to > investigate my tranny problem. The pilot bearing was very dry and the tip > of the input shaft from the tranny had some rust on it. Again the part that > is most confusing in my situation is that I was able to shift into all gears > without pushing in the clutch. k If there is rust on the tranny shaft, that should be polished down first with some fine silicon carbide paper. The pilot bearing should be lubricated any time the engine is out. Could you shift into all gears with the engine running? I can't imagine what would allow that to happen. > What would be the result of having a pilot bearing fail? It can either disintegrate and leave the tranny shaft unsupported, which would probably let things run off center and out-of-balance, or it could bind up and keep driving the tranny even when the clutch pedal is depressed. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~