Very interesting to see the work on the trans - VW transaxles have always been Black Magic b/c of the effort required to get them apart. If you've worked on a Honduh transaxle, you'll understand this all too well.
It's interesting that the Peloquin can have clearance issues - I wonder if Quaife has those issues as well. I've had a few Quaife diffs but never heard any whining and cheesing from the builder. Speaking of 020 transaxles, I have a friend with a small collection of exploded (rebuildable) 020 transaxles. I think all of them are small spline 3.67 FD boxes. Anyone interested in a bulk purchase? He has 25-30... >________________________________ > From: Les Noriel <[email protected]> >To: Volkswagen a2 16v discussion list <[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 1:18 PM >Subject: [a2-16v-list] Transmission rebuild progress > >As early as 2009, I sought advice from this forum regarding O2O transmission >choices for my Golf project . Using criteria given to me by all of you, I >set out in search of a good 16V or MKIII transaxle for my Golf GL Project. >As luck would have it, I never encountered a decent MKIII O2O. Furthermore-- >older 16V transmissions that were offered to me were harshly treated and >suspect at best. > >Fortunately, earlier this year, I encountered a local VW enthusiast in >SoCal that had converted his collection of MKIIs to hydraulic clutch O2As >and had a nice 16V transmission (code AGB) in his garage. He offered me a >good price and I took it home. One of the things I had intended to do was >convert the fifth gear to .71 or .79 due to the freeway heavy environment >here in Southern California. However, finding someone who would do the >required machine work to make the taller gears fit the AGB shaft proved to >be more difficult than I had anticipated. So I decided to forego the fifth >gear conversion and kept the Close Ratio fifth gear intact. > >I placed myself on the BrokeVW waiting list and was able to get my transaxle >to his shop in late August. FedEx was harsh on the package but the trans >arrived with a minimum of damage. Once it arrived in his shop, Brian >immediately began disassembly to asses condition of the trans. Brian's >detail and thoroughness are quite impressive and I've been virtually >spectating as he makes progress and posts images of the work on a webpage >dedicated to my transaxle rebuild. > >Along in the package, I also sent Brian a Peloquin Limited Slip which I >purchased back in 2003. Back then Gary Peloquin also supplied the German >Bearings and the diff bolt kit‹two items which are no longer included with >an LSD purchase. Brian tells me the German Bearings Gary supplied are no >longer available. Brian informs me that alternative bearings cost less and >are inferior to the original German. So I consider myself fortunate. Having >these included also saved me a couple hundred bucks! > >The LSD was trial fitted this weekend. And there have been some >complications, nothing surprising considering the age of the transaxle. > >If you are at all interested, you can check out the Project page setup for >me at BrokeVW >http://www.brokevw.com/lesagb.html > >I'll likely have the transaxle back before the end of the year. Then I'll >begin the drivetrain assembly on my Project GL 16V. > >The depth of knowledge of the people on this A2-16V list has been a wealth >of information and assistance to me. > >-Les >http://mkiigolfproject.blogspot.com/ > > >_______________________________________________ >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
