[Vwdiesel] Transmission/Gearbox questions...

[Erik Lane]

well, i wouldn't call myself an expert, but i sure
remember that pilot bearing in the vanagon engine i
rebuilt! the outer race was seized up in the flywheel
and it took me most of a day to get it out without
damaging the flywheel. it finally came out in about 15
pieces!

i don't know if others are like this, but it was in a
82 vanagon with a 1.6L NA diesel. it was a needle
bearing prelubed from the parts place with what looked
like wheel bearing grease. had an outer race that i
pressed into the flywheel and no inner race - just
rides on the input shaft. there was no seal anywhere.
don't know why, but it's lasted 60k miles without
troubles. (in a vanagon that's about 1/2 the life
expectancy of the engine!) :)

erik


--- LBaird119 at aol.com wrote:

>   What you're talking about is called a pilot
> bearing.  The Van experts here 
> will have to answer if it has one.  Some cars have
> needle bearings and a 
> seal, some have bronze bushings and some have
> nothing.  It depends on 
> what the transmission requires as to what the end of
> the crank has and 
> as to how much "slop" there is when the tranny is
> out.  
>   You can call it a transmission, gearbox, transaxle
> (which is closest)... 
> The diff is really just a part of the transaxle in
> this case.  It's what 
> takes 
> the output from the transmission and gears it down
> to the axles in what's 
> also called the final drive.
>   Gear box is an older term or perhaps a bit more
> UK?  It's an accurate 
> description.  :)
>   Fender is the two things over the front wheels,
> inner fender sees the 
> engine,
> quarter panel is basically the rear fenders but
> attached to the main body 
> other 
> than by bolts.  Wheel arch is pretty obvious.  "A"
> pillar is between the 
> windshield and front door, "B" pillar is behind the
> front door, wiht the 
> latch on 
> it.  "C" pillar is ahead of the rear glass and leads
> to the rear quarter 
> panel.
>   I hope you actually know what a bumper is.  :) 
> Wing...  UK for fender?  
> Bonnet is UK for a hood.  Engine is that lumpy thing
> with all the belts 
> and hoses.  ;-)
>   I'm sure Mark will correct any of my blunders in
> the UK wording.  :)
>      Loren
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