RE: 16v tranny machined itself! (parts)

[Mark Peele <type53@yahoo.com>]

You can get a $35 kit to replace the rivets, but this job is not for
the faint of heart - the tranny must be opened up. This is a job I
would not undertake.

http://www.spiretech.com/~vw6spd/rivets.htm

Please let me know how much they charge to install the bolts . . . 

Thanks!

--- Gary Huff <ghuff@htech.com> wrote:
> heh but honestly if I get another VW, when it gets a
> clutch or if the trans
> has to come out, its getting a bolt kit. I do not
> want to have to deal with
> this again, it wasnt and still isnt fun at all! I
> could have been doing
> 75mph and had the whole trans lock up! All im really
> saying is while its out
> deal with it because if your on a roadtrip in BFE or
> something like BFE,
> finding a VW trans, especially one which isnt
> trashed doesnt sound like
> anymore fun than putting a new one in. Thanks,
> 					Gary Huff
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Peele [mailto:type53@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 9:50 AM
> To: Gary Huff; Slim
> Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: RE: 16v tranny machined itself! (parts)
> 
> 
> A little clarification: 
> 
> The self machining seems to be limited to close
> ratio 020s starting
> with the 1983 model year.
> 
> The only close ratio that I'm currently running is
> the 9A in my Golf
> GT, which has 217,000 miles on it.
> 
> It's a toss of the dice as to when it'll happen with
> the close ratio
> trannies.
> 
> Mark
> 
> --- Gary Huff <ghuff@htech.com> wrote:
> > A bolt kit replaces the wonderful the rivets in
> the
> > differential, which just
> > blew a 6" hole in the side of my 16v
> > transmission,and dumped gear oil all
> > over the clutch. VW transmissions suck, and with
> the
> > 020 trans, its not if
> > it happens, just a matter of when. If you have the
> > trans out get it done!
> > this is an expensive thing, but trust me, having
> > your trans lock up on you
> > is not fun. Thanks,
> > 				Gary Huff
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Slim [mailto:falzsf@home.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 8:51 AM
> > To: Gary Huff
> > Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > Subject: Re: 16v tranny machined itself! (parts)
> > 
> > 
> > What exactly is a bolt kit anyway? Is that the
> quafe
> > or the other one like
> > that
> > that isn't as good?
> > 
> > Gary Huff wrote:
> > 
> > > List,
> > >         The place is thinking of possibly
> welding
> > it, is this worth it?
> > > Where can I get a bolt kit for it also ? Would
> the
> > dealer have it? and
> > while
> > > the sonofabitch is cracked open, should I have
> it
> > rebuilt? Thanks,
> > >
> > > Gary Huff
> > >
> > > ``If builders built houses the way programmers
> > built programs, the first
> > > woodpecker to come along would destroy
> > civilization''.
> > > - Gerald P. Weinberg
> > >
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