[tcb] Re: Main Shaft
- From: "Fred McDonald" <texasbluebus@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 23:17:05 -0500
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.
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> 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.
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> 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
>
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>>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.
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>> 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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