[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [New Search]
On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 12:06, The Canadian wrote: > 1963 Notch, basically stock > > For a long time I've had to be careful when gearing down into second. If I > tried to do it when the revs were too high it would grind going in. Over > time this has gotten worse and now I often have the same problem going into > 1st or reverse. It feels like gears are spinning in there and just won't > stop spinning long enough to allow me to get the thing in gear. This > happens often but not always and when it does I can get it into gear but > I've got to grit my teeth and force it. The oil level in the tranny is good > and I've just readjusted to clutch cable to give myself 1" of freeplay. > > Anyone familiar with this? What does it mean? > You may have a pilot bearing in the flywheel gland nut going bad, or getting dry. If you are also having problems getting it into reverse, when the car is sitting still. It sounds like the clutch is not completely releasing. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~