Transaxle rebuild questions

[amalventano@sc.rr.com (Allyn)]

wild stab - impact?
Al

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray Dowling" <RayD@amfirst.org>
To: "_Scirocco Mailing List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 5:28 PM
Subject: Transaxle rebuild questions



 Ok, so I'm an idiot... Setting out to rebuild my first transaxle, I took
off the nose cone and promptly pulled out the selector rod. I realized my
mistake pretty quickly but thought that it wouldn't be too big of a deal
since I was disassembling the tranny completely anyway... Of course, I was
wrong. With the selector rod missing, the levers (I'm sure they have a name)
that the selector shaft operates against are loose and I can't engage 5th
and reverse at the same to lock the tranny and allow me to remove the 12
point bolt on fifth gear. Anyone have any tips on the situation? I'm
considering lubing up the 5th gears really well and pressing a wad of
JB-Weld in between them. As the theory goes, it'll mold to the teeth of the
gears and when it's hardened I can just turn the ol' 12-point, the gears
will pull inward on it instead of turning and I'll be able to break the bolt
loose without damaging the teeth. Anyone see any reason this wouldn't work?
Anyone have any more obvious solutions? Thanks for any input.

 Ray - '88 Cabriolet 16V
       '90 Corrado G60
       '99 Jetta IV

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