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Re: [T3] Play in the transaxle


On Sat, 2003-04-19 at 19:56, Ken wrote:
> I'm relativly new to driving standard shift type 3s. (Drove a automatic
> square for awhile)
> I've noticed quite a bit of play in all gears that shoves the car back and
> forth when I let off the
> gas. This is very noticable in lower gears.  I just pushed the car about 11
> inches in gear and
> I'm guessing this is a little more than normal. There is also a grinding/
> ball rolling sound coming from
> axle area when the car is in motion but I can only hear it from the
> backseat. Can someone point me
> into the right direction as to what the problem is or might be, and what
> might be required to fix it.
> 
If this is your '64, I am guessing that you might have some problems in
the axle spider gears/fulcrum plates. I doubt if these are available as
a new part from VW, but they should be available used.

-- 
Russ Wolfe
'66 FB MT
'71 FB AT 
'65 Bug (not running)
russw@classicvw.org
http://www.classicvw.org



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