Trans problems (long)

[rabbit16v@attbi.com (Dave Ewing)]

I usually replace the bushing and the seal for preventative maintenance on
pretty much all the transmissions I take out so I don't have to take them
back out again for something that stupid!  BUT, if you don't feel confident
that you can replace the bushing and it seems tight then just put in a new
seal.  They are easy and cheap to install, no biggie!  HTH!!

Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stuart Castledine" <s.castledine@ntlworld.com>
To: "scirocco list" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 2:01 PM
Subject: Trans problems (long)


> This got a bit long, so I've stuck the question here at the top. If you
want
> the background, read further...
>
> I've got a used trans from a yard and the oil seal on the clutch pushrod
has
> come out of the input shaft. Is this as simple a fix as just replacing the
> seal? The H*yn*s manual (I know, but we don't have Bentleys over here)
talks
> about pressing a bushing out of the input shaft, but I'm assuming that's
> only if there's excessive side to side slop in the pushrod, which there
> isn't. Thanks in advance for any help...
>
> Now the reason I'm doing this... some of you might remember I posted last
> year about a whirring/knocking noise from my transmission. The noise went
> away when I changed the trans oil (to semi synthetic), but came back again
a
> few thousand miles later, albeit intermittently. I took it to a couple of
> garages, who could find nothing wrong, so I carried on driving it.
>
> Anyway, going to work last week, there came a series of bangs from the
trans
> and the noise got louder (still only there on deceleration though). This
> occurred almost 20,000 miles since it first got noisy. Having got the car
up
> on stands and gone over it, I think the problem is in the diff somewhere.
> There's no play in the CV joints or wheel bearings, but there does seem to
> be a lot of backlash in the drive flanges. Also, it used to be that
rotating
> one wheel would cause the other to rotate the same way, but now I can feel
> it binding slightly over part of the rotation and the other wheel remains
> stationary. It doesn't sound too healthy either :)
>
> Stuart
> '88 GTX
>
>
>
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