89 200 quattro available cheap Toronto Ontario

[Colin Barfoot]

Dave,

That was a Audian slip...
It is the transmission "input shaft" that got bent not a transaxle half shaft.  I was just able to drive the car to the garage - but it was like driving without a clutch - shifting between all gears was possible as long as the revs were matched.  One of the other local Q drivers (a salesman at the dealer) said it had happened to him as well - though in his case the clutch went first and when he tried to jam the car into gear it did the bending...?

The garage took it apart enough to assess the damage - then rolled the car out of the garage.

I am looking into a lease of a Maxima SE or Passat 1.8T or V6 5 spd. to fit in the family wife and children 11,7,5 but still be sporty and what I can afford at this point.  If I had time plus garage with tools I would consider finding the parts used and repairing it myself... 

Regards
Colin
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: David Head 
  To: Colin Barfoot ; qlist 
  Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 1:34 AM
  Subject: Re: 89 200 quattro available cheap Toronto Ontario


  Those just don't go together. The first/reverse problem is usually caused by a bad 3.00 bushing in the linkage. Takes about an hour or so to replace. Can you get it into other gears? If so, then your clutch/TO etc aren't likely bad. 
  A bent half shaft will give big vibration problems which could cause a wheel or transaxle bearing to go bad - but affect the clutch -  this just doesn't go together... You could get a used half shaft cheap at any number of places, especially if the CV joint condition doesn't matter. 
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