[tcb] Re: Main Shaft
- From: "Fred McDonald" <texasbluebus@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 10:25:12 -0500
I finished the work on the bus late last night. My tranny was leaking like a
sieve; the axle boots were cracked and oil was leaking from the bell
housing. I replaced the boots, replaced the main shaft oil seal, cleaned a
lot of crud off the tranny and axle, refilled the tranny and reduction boxes
and cleaned the engine. For the longest time I never new how much gear oil
is needed in the reduction boxes.(something bay owners don't have to worry
about) I remember Matt Callahan telling me to fill them to the top. I knew
this wasn't correct because I did this once and they leaked all over the
place and I had to replace all the gaskets & seals. The correct amount is
.25 ltr or .55 pints USA. (from the Robert Bentley VW Transporter Work Shop
Manual 1963 - 1967)
Ethel? Is that like Fred & Ethel? ^_~ LOL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Martin" <danandkatrinamartin@xxxxxxx>
To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 9:51 AM
Subject: [tcb] Re: Main Shaft
> 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.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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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