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Re: [T3] 68 Fasty Trans (Swing)


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
 


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