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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 ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org