Re: Audi 100 (5000 ?) Prospective Purchase

[Dave Head <dhead@sundial.net>]

At 01:46 PM 11/10/97 -0000, you wrote:
>Dave
>
>Thanks a lot for the advice - makes the decision harder !
>
>One supplementary question, if you don't mind - Did you get the transaxle
>bearings replaced in their own or did you replace the gearbox/transaxle
>altogether or just the transaxle part ? - just trying to get a feel for the
>scope of the potential job - I'm a novice when it comes to gearboxes, diffs.
>etc.

This is in reference to a 79 5000 auto - however the transaxle and
transmission are the same in all 100/200 up to the end of 1990. I replaced
the transaxle after removing it a couple of times for transmission problems.
I became very adept at replacing it, to the point of having it on the ground
w/in about 3 hours after placing the car on jackstands.

It really isn't a hard job. You drop the front swaybar and the control arms.
This allows you to remove the inner axle nuts and swing the struts and axles
out of the way. Drop the exhaust, remove the starter, support the front of
the engine so it doesn't tilt forward. Remove the shift/throttle linkage
from the transmission, loosen the transaxle mounting bolts (that top one is
a bear to get to - but its that way on almost every car... Support the
transaxle, loosen and completely remove the rear side mounts, remove the
transaxle mounting bolts. At that point I would slide under the transaxle
and drop it onto my chest, then slide out from under it. A trans jack makes
it much easier, and can be rented for a minimal charge... My last transaxle
cost me 50.00 out of a junkyard. With all the automatic trans problems Audis
had there a ton of them available with low miles, cheap...

There are some specifics in the Bentley on mounting the trans back to the
transaxle that MUST be followed correctly - other than that, its a simple,
straightforward one day job with simple hand tools. No special mechanical
ability is necessary. This is the reason why I love Audis so much. Although
they are complex, repairs are not that difficult. The hardest part is
removing everything to get to whatever you have to work on...

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