Re: [T3] transmission problem

["Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 8 Sep 2000, at 16:55, Brian Van wrote:

> Here is what happened:  The bowden tube must have
> snapped off mid-shift, causing the shifter rod
> coupling to break.  That is why I was able to push
> into first once, but not pull into neutral.  So I sort
> of wired the couler together as a temporary fix and I
> am able to shift gears, but still no clutch.  Am I
> going to have to weld the rear end of the bowden tube
> to the body?  There is a rubber seal that seems like
> it fits in the hole where the tube and accelerator
> cable come out.  Is the tube supposed to be attached
> inside there?

The term "Bowden cable" actually refers to the flexible part of the 
cable jacket, as in the part that runs next to the transmission. Did 
your solid tube (the part that I just call the clutch cable tube) 
actually break or did it just come loose from the rear bulkhead where 
it should be anchored?

> Awhile back I had to cut into the tunnel and reweld
> the front of the clutch tube.  I quess I should have
> done it all.

There is very little stress on the front weld. If that broke, then 
the rear one must have been coming loose already at that time.

I don't recall a rubber seal other than the boot that fits around the 
front end of the Bowden tube. Perhaps the solid tube broke loose and 
allowed the end of the Bowden tube to be pulled into the bulkhead.

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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