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On Thu, 2006-06-01 at 21:02, Keith Park wrote: > Got the Old (original 71) tranny out and the new (72 87Kmi) tranny ready. > I swapped the nosecone back onto the 72 and lo and behold Russ was right on > the money with that ball bearing, on careful inspection it does indeed have > what looks like aluminum or mag pieces pressed into the balls, there not all > galled out but the whole assy seems a bit loose in the case. It doesn't > look like it would make that much noise but IVe found in the past that > roller or ball bearings don't need to be too bad to be really noisy. > > The new tranny im using has a good looking bearing in it, but when looking > through the oil fill hole I noticed that there is a chip missing from one > corner of one of the teeth on the straight cut gear just inside and to the > right of the filler hole, Which gear is this? I sure hope its still OK. > > Ive also noticed that the 72 Tranny has a much larger clutch fork and longer > pull lever than the 71 tranny did... for better leverage. > http://classicvw.org/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=5784 If it is #35 in this illustration, it is reverse on the outside, and 1 & 2 as it is slid. -- 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~