GT heavy duty gears for Syncro Vanagons

[itzdshtz]

Wow, beautiful set of gears, I will budget for a set.
Now on to high quality sets of ring and pinions!
Hope everyone will support your efforts to make this transmission last, Thanks Paul!

Cheers Herman
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1989 Westy
1987 Westy Syncro 2.5 M- TDI
1991 Syncro, future 1.9 M- TDI
2005 Audi allroad 4.2
2005 S4
http://vanagonsyncroproject-herman.blogspot.com/
http://picasaweb.google.com/itzdshtz/VanagonSyncroProject02

[gears]

Thanks, Herman. We've been using Euro R&Ps that seem pretty good quality. Time will tell ..
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aka Pablo, Geary
9.36 @ 146 in '86 Hot & Sticky
'90 Syncro Westy SVX
'87 Syncro GL 2.5
https://guardtransaxle.com

[Syncro Jael]

Paul,

This is great to see quality parts being manufactured for our transaxles.

My spare fresh rebuilt transaxle just got boxed and stored in the back of the shop for a long time I hope.

I will be interested in purchasing these gear sets shortly. For future rebuilds.
It would be great to also see a new main shaft, R&P, main shaft bearing, and all the other developments you are working on come to life. So that when I do another rebuild, I can install all quality parts.

Thanks for your concerted efforts to keeping these vans on the road.

Ron
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1987 Syncro Westfalia Hightop - NAHT
Subaru EJ25 Forged Frankenmotor, Triple Knob.
Jael = (Mountain Goat)

[gears]

Thanks for the encouragement, Jael ..

Yes, I do plan to make a run of mainshafts / idlers with the same F1 tooth profile on 1st & 2nd gears as are featured on GT 3rds & 4ths. They'll of course be tricked out for full oiling options, and probably be available in a couple different ratio combos. I'll probably experiment with a dogged option (sans synchronizers), at least for my own Syncro.

A billet G gear housing is probably in the works, with intermediate housing to follow. All these HD parts should tie together nicely with the mods various Samba members have already been doing.

If we need to make R&P sets late this year, we will .. but for now I'm pretty happy with the Euro sets we've recently inventoried. The first three installed nicely. Time will tell.
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aka Pablo, Geary
9.36 @ 146 in '86 Hot & Sticky
'90 Syncro Westy SVX
'87 Syncro GL 2.5
https://guardtransaxle.com

[Pcforno]

Right on gears!
I'm still holding out hope for the new syncro gearbox! Any updates?

[gears]

No, that won't be for awhile, if it's even possible.
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aka Pablo, Geary
9.36 @ 146 in '86 Hot & Sticky
'90 Syncro Westy SVX
'87 Syncro GL 2.5
https://guardtransaxle.com

[Sodo]

OK.

So aint that the most beautiful gearset a guy has ever laid eyes upon?
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'90 Westy EJ25, 2Peloquins, 3knobs, pressure-oiled GT mainshaft, filtered, cooled gearbox
'87 Tintop w 47k 53k, '12 SmallCar EJ25, cooled filtered gearbox
....KTMs, GasGas, SPOT mtb

[Jake de Villiers]

[gears]

Thanks for the kind words, guys .. You can see how the synchro cone is splined onto the idler gear with coarse Porsche-style splines. No more cracked bores.
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aka Pablo, Geary
9.36 @ 146 in '86 Hot & Sticky
'90 Syncro Westy SVX
'87 Syncro GL 2.5
https://guardtransaxle.com

[ALIKA T3]

Damn Paul, that are some sweet a$$ gears

Mahalo for never settling on existing product quality and always trying to improve our boxes

I just came across this thread as I'm about a week from installing the engine/transmission in my Syncro
I'll keep those in mind when I rebuild the box next time, by that time, more products will be available hopefully, and I'll build something even better thanks to your products

I wish you all the best with these, I'll pass the word along on the french forum, I know guys are starting to have issues there too :/
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Silicone Steering Boots and 930 Cv boots for sale in the classifieds.
Syncro transmission upgrade parts in the Classifieds.
Subaru EJ22+UN1 5 speed transmission
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=416343
Syncro http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4...num+gadget

[bstein]

[gears]

I'm happy to report that gear sales are sufficient to warrant continued production of these high quality gears .. so I finally got off my butt and created a Samba ad (link below). It has a few details I left out of this thread.

Please note that our gear warranty (yes, we seem to be the only company in the U.S. to warranty gears) is for double the mileage at which the other brands fail. We fully expect GT VW gears to last well over 100K in any application.

Any Sambanistas who purchased through a shop may wish to register directly with us via e-mail (although I sincerely doubt there will ever be a need for our warranty).

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2041168

Edit* Mr. Rüdinger also offers the same warranty on his fine toothed gears (shown on the left in the photo below). I suspect we'll sell as many Rüdinger gears as our own GT gears over the coming year, as they make an excellent lower cost alternative. I'll be making separate ads for Rüdinger's gears and very nice R&P sets.

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aka Pablo, Geary
9.36 @ 146 in '86 Hot & Sticky
'90 Syncro Westy SVX
'87 Syncro GL 2.5
https://guardtransaxle.com

[61Scout]

Brilliant! This is great news for the community! I suspect any offerings available for 2wd folks will also be popular and sell well. Those running SVXs come to mind. When considering the cost of a rebuild overall, and for many people, the labor time to R&R, adding a few hundred dollars to the bottom of the bill is well worth the extra cost. Consider too the added longevity of these gears, and the initial upfront cost becomes pocket change per mile. They basically will pay for themselves over time. I feel folks would be foolish NOT to invest in these upgraded gears.

-Kevin
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1986 Westfalia Weekender Wolfsburg, RJE 2.3
1985 Tin Top, Subie 2.2 + 5MT
Floppy Mirrors no more: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=653018&highlight=
Remove the front spindle nut with ease: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=679567&highlight=
Remove the rear wheel bearing housing without messing with the big 46mm nut: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=679507&highlight=

-Nec Spe, Nec Metu

[ALIKA T3]

Good work Paul! Those gears look great!

Never heard of Rüdinger before?
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Silicone Steering Boots and 930 Cv boots for sale in the classifieds.
Syncro transmission upgrade parts in the Classifieds.
Subaru EJ22+UN1 5 speed transmission
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=416343
Syncro http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4...num+gadget

[boroko]

I've discovered a new malady: Gear Envy
I'll have to ask for forgiveness for this.
Then again, looking at a pile of parts setting on my bench, I'm now starting to consider taking back my pop cans and see what I can come up with....

bo
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'87 SyncroWesty: Smokey the Turtle, '85 SubiWesty: Chappie, '84 GTI, '86 GTI in full Rally trim,
previous: 2 Syncro tin tops, 2 Vanagons, 3 busses, 3 Ghias, 2 Jettas, a 411, a gas and a diesel Bunny and about 25 Beetles, one that only drove left.

[Waldi]

[ALIKA T3]

[gears]

Alika, I'll be in Kailua in 3 weeks, and you can inspect and compare all the parts ..
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aka Pablo, Geary
9.36 @ 146 in '86 Hot & Sticky
'90 Syncro Westy SVX
'87 Syncro GL 2.5
https://guardtransaxle.com

[ALIKA T3]

[gears]

I've had requests for updates, so here's the latest:

We're almost sold out of our first run of 3rd & 4th gears, so for our 2nd run, we've doubled up on the most popular ratios.

Slider hubs are almost completed, and we expect these to last twice as long as others on the market (100K mile warrantee against excessive wear).

1st/2nd/mainshafts are in early stage of production, and will be available in two versions (for now):

3.78 x 2.06
3.33 x 1.94

These will already have provisions for oiling of 3rd, 4th, and mainshaft needle bearings.

We decided to make our 1sts & 2nds with the same F1 tooth profile as our 3rds & 4ths, rather than just making another stock mainshaft.

There are some other parts in the works that should be available in the near future. (Our goal of making a durable Syncro transaxle will obviously benefit the 2WD guys with big engines, too.)

It's gratifying to be back in the business of high quality parts .. everyone seems to love our GT VW gears :^)
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aka Pablo, Geary
9.36 @ 146 in '86 Hot & Sticky
'90 Syncro Westy SVX
'87 Syncro GL 2.5
https://guardtransaxle.com