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Well that sucks butt. Is it hard to replace? I have *helped* rebuild a few vw engs and I have pretty good mechanical knowledge. Or should I find another trans or pay out the *$$ to rebuild this one? Erick the daddy > I hate to say it, but this is the common failure of > a VW transaxle. The > reverse gear gets wear on it from all the years of > not coming to a complete > stop, before putting it into reverse. That and the > fact that the reverse > shift fork in the eary transaxles was made from a > fairly soft brass, and it > has some extra linkage that the other gears don't > have. > I wish I had a dollar for every reverse gear I have > replaced over the years. > It was standard proceedure to replace reverse when > a trans was apart. > > -- > Russ Wolfe > russw@classicvw.org > http://www.classicvw.org __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------- Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe