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prom8n Samba Member
Joined: April 01, 2005 Posts: 60 Location: Pinckney, Michigan
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Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 11:41 am Post subject: Do I have a "Built" Tranny? |
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Bought an old Baja Bug for parts awhile ago, which supposedly had a "built-to-the-max" trans in it. Pulled it last weekend and of course I couldn't see anything unusual; it's just an IRS unit with removable covers on both sides.
How can I tell if it's anything special? I could open it up, but I couldn't tell the difference anyway. How can you check gear ratios or super-diffs from outside? |
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Bruce Samba Member
Joined: May 16, 2003 Posts: 17290 Location: Left coast, Canada
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Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 1:08 pm Post subject: |
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To check for a superdiff, you could turn it upside down and pull out the drain plug and have a look inside. Look over towards the clutch arm side of the diff to see if you can see the shaft for the spider gears. If there are 2 shafts perpendicular to each other, you have a SD.
To figure out the gears, go to this topic. There is a description in there how to determine the R&P. You could also post the trans code.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=207382&highlight=hockey+stick _________________
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prom8n Samba Member
Joined: April 01, 2005 Posts: 60 Location: Pinckney, Michigan
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:59 am Post subject: Super-duper trans |
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Thanks Bruce. I checked the code, it was correct for a '71 Beetle, I think it was AH, but I don't have it with me right now. Anyhow, I bought the buggy from a local VW guy who was liquidating some excess stock. It was not much more than a shell, but still had some useful items.
A year later, I stopped at a local junkyard and was told by the proprietor (who knew the car) that it had a super-duper trans in it, "built to the max, man! Didn't the dude tell you?"
So now I wonder what's in this thing. Guess I'll crack it open and see. |
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