[tcb] Re: Main Shaft
- From: Dan Martin <danandkatrinamartin@xxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 09:51:42 -0500
Fred are you going to have "Ethel" on the road in time for Novemberfest?
Just throwing out a name for you bus, you mentioned to me at T at the P
that it was not named.
On Oct 27, 2004, at 11:17 PM, Fred McDonald wrote:
> I wasn't sure if the wire was just an extra safety measure incase a
> clip
> popped off. (du) ;P We removed the wire when we removed the throw-out
> bearing and reinstalled the bearings without the wire. The wires were
> old
> and we couldn't put them back on without the wire breaking. I was
> trying to
> decide if we needed to get new wire to replace the old ones.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Sawyer" <mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 11:06 PM
> Subject: [tcb] Re: Main Shaft
>
>
>> the wire is to hold the clips in place while you are putting the
>> throw out
>> bearing back in. trying to hold the bearing and get the clips in
>> place are
>> a real pain in the back side. as long as the wire is not interfering
>> with
>> the operation of the bearing, leave it there.
>>
>>
>> Fred McDonald <accessibility's@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Thanks for the reply,
>> My brother is a very good mechanic but not a VW mechanic; I'm not a
>> mechanic
>> but I have owned several VWs in my time and have some (not a lot)
>> experience
>> with the quirkiness of the breed. He was very concerned that the
>> shaft was
>> a
>> little lose, he said "If this was a ford Transmission I'd be very
>> worried
>> and would recommend we fix this." I told him that it has always been
>> this
>> way, even before it had been rebuilt and as far back as I could
>> remember
>> my
>> past VWs were the same. I told him just to be safe that I would ask
>> the
>> group.
>>
>> On another subject,
>> In order to replace the main shaft oil seal we had to remove the
>> throw-out
>> bearing. The spring clips that hold the bearing in place had a fine
>> piece
>> of
>> wire strapping them to the throw-out bearing leaver. Is this
>> necessary,
>> just
>> good practice, wouldn't bother? I'm not sure but I think Lyle Cherry
>> did
>> this when he rebuilt my engine.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Mark Sawyer"
>> To:
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 9:28 PM
>> Subject: [tcb] Re: Main Shaft
>>
>>
>>> I agree with sammy, there should be some play in the input shaft.
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>>> Sammie Smith wrote:
>>> Fred:
>>> My experience is that it has lots of play.
>>>
>>> At 04:24 PM 10/27/2004, you wrote:
>>>> Hay everyone,
>>>> I'm in the middle of replacing the seal around the main driveshaft
>>>> as it
>>>> exits the transmission. I have a question, Should the driveshaft be
>>>> absoultly stiff or does it tend to have a little movement?
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Dan & Katrina Martin
1971 VW Bus
H.B.B.
T.C.B.
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