Les, When Brian begins on your transmission I wouldn't mind seeing all the pics he takes along the way. I've taken my trans apart in the last week or two.... a 20 ton press and a dial indicator later I'm making slow progress. Hopefully I'll be finished when I can find a few more hours to spend on it.
https://picasaweb.google.com/102391619278461274652/20111018TransmissionWork?authkey=Gv1sRgCJXb4rT5uOf5tQE The pictures aren't exciting, but I'll take a few more of the holder I made for the dial indicator to measure diff bearing play. On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 3:59 PM, Les Noriel <[email protected]> wrote: > I concur with opinions expressed earlier. When I've done this, I've > preferred taking the drive shafts out. Their absence simply provides > additional space to maneuver the trans when trying to extract/install. It > will be frustrating enough to get the splines to properly engage the > clutch/flywheel and you'll appreciate the extra space. Just remember that > if the driveshafts are out, do not place any load on the front wheels. I'm > told the front wheel bearings will be ruined without the driveshafts in > the hubs. I don't know if that's true or not. But considering how > difficult it is to replace the front wheel bearings-- I've never challenge > that notion. > > > I'm currently going through similar removal/install. I just extracted my > Transmission, cleaned it, packed it up along with a Peloquin LSD that I've > had sitting on a shelf for eight years and shipping it all to BrokeVW for > a rebuild. > > -Les > > > On 10/10/11 7:37 AM, "Chad Rebuck" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >I replaced the head gasket with a fiber type gasket last week and now > >the coolant leak is gone. It turned out that the machine work to > >surface the block and head were too rough for the aba metal layer > >gasket to seal. > > > >Now that I've driven the car a couple days I realize the transmission > >output flange seals are leaking pretty good. I have another > >transmission to swap in, but I wondered how much of a job this is > >without a lift. Can the trans be replaced easily up on jack stands? > >I already know I'll need someone to help hold the trans to > >remove/install. Perhaps I could use my engine lift to support the > >trans? > > > >Any experience or recommendations to share? > > > >Thanks > >Chad > >_______________________________________________ > >a2-16v-list mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > > > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > _______________________________________________ a2-16v-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list
