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Tue May 11, 2004 10:54 am

Hello!

I don't have a manual in front of me, so please excuse this question. Looking at another ghia, which is supposed to have noisy transmission bearings. What is involved in replacing them?

Thanks!

Tue May 11, 2004 12:26 pm

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Not sure what they mean...possibly the rear axle bearings? If so, it's about a 4-hour, two-beer, greasy oily job. The hard part is getting the old ones out...requires fabricating a bearing puller from threaded rod and bar stock, but there's plenty of posts on this one. Figure $50 for the new bearings and seals. They could mean the CV joints, but I don't know much about that job (67-and-earlier have the swing-axle rear end, with no CV joints). If it's internal to the gearbox, figure $350-500 for a rebuilt, and about three solid workdays to swap it out, if you're mechanically inclined.

Wed May 12, 2004 9:06 am

No idea. The current owner got the info from the previous owner (he hasn't actually driven it). To replace the tranny, you have to pull the whole engine and such, right?

Wed May 12, 2004 6:32 pm

Well if it is just the CV's you don't need to pull the transmission.

Clutch throwout bearing is what I am guessing, you need to pull out the engine to do this.

I don't know how you would determine the bearings in the transmission were noisy??

Wed May 12, 2004 7:49 pm

The vast majority of the time a VW transmission signals it is ready to die by popping out of gear. Noise has never been a factor in any failure I've ever heard of.

CV joints is probably what the previous owner was talking about. Dirty job but pretty easy. Muir's idiot Guide has a good chapter on how to replace them.