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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. Keith Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback 65 Notchback "El Baja Rojo" 65 Squareback "Eggcrate" 87 golf "Winterat" 93 RX7 "Redstur" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~