016 tranny & diff question...

[James Bell]

G:


Why?
The Germans use up existing stock first.
Just like all manufactures. As they have the
full range of options at their finger tips. This
allows any number of production variations.

To know in advance what is inside the individual
tranny is impossible. You may have to sort through
a stack of 016 trannys to find if there is any standard
point of departure.

1980 you say?  if they can be found, the tran's should be
cheep.

Best of luck.

J.B. in Idaho




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gerard" <gerard at 2226.co.za>
To: "Audi Quattro" <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2004 11:51 AM
Subject: 016 tranny & diff question...


> I'm opening my mouth again before I actually go look up information. But
> too late in the evening to do investigation, so here come some of my
> questions... :)
> 
> Transmission is a front-wheel drive 016 UW from 1980. I managed to get
> it dismantled and today pulled out the diff, removed the ring gear and
> lined it all up with the new diff going in.
> 
> The new Torsen diff is beefier, the tubes that hold the drive flanges is
> thicker, but has the same inner diameter.
> 
> Now the problem is that the original differential has 2 different sized
> roller bearings on each side. The side where the ring gear is is much
> larger than the other end. On this 016 the diff cover on the gearbox
> housing is on the right-hand side, opposite to the ring gear side.
> 
> My new diff has the same large diameter bearings on the left and right.
> Same as the ring gear end of the original diff.
> 
> Why did they use 2 different sized bearings in the 016? The rough
> measurements I made indicate the diameters are different by about 1cm.
> 
> Anyway, the big problem is how to fit the larger bearings. I can't pull
> the outer race from the diff cover 'cos that'd eventually mean having to
> machine that whole area out by more than 1cm and there's not much
> material in there (at first glance).
> 
> I'm not the most clued up on the 016, but I'm interested to know if all
> 016 used to have 2 different sized bearings on the diff.
> 
> I'll put some pics up later to show what I mean.
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