Transaxle rebuild questions

[rapieper@yahoo.com (Ron Pieper)]

Brian had the idea with a leather belt between the gears.  Pennies work too, but that's risky.

Ron

--- Allyn <amalventano@sc.rr.com> wrote:
> 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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