Front of transmission metal mounting fork / yoke at nose of gear

[Magion]

It is not often I make a new topic but there is not really all that much info on this part.

So I had my 002 transmission rebuild and as a part of my refresh I also ordered Front Transaxle Mount
Yoke at nose cone of gearbox
Part Reference Number 211599227 from Bus Depot. To my big surprise the part does not fit my mounting bracket.

This is my original mount sitting in the bracket, there is small amount of play

Bracket itself where you can see the actuall shape

And now the new part

You can already tell it will not sit nicely

What is going on here? Is the part garbage? Do I have wrong bracket? Is there difference maybe between 002 and the later tranny? That would not make sense though because all the vendors sell this as 72-79 Bus

Any input is appreciated!
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1975 Westfalia in Brilliant Orange
1995 Westfalia in Caribbean Green

[skills@eurocarsplus]

garbage part unfortunately
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[timvw7476]

Your alloy strap looks 'odd' to me.
Are you sure your 002 isn't from an earlier bus? (Pre '72?)
EDIT: I suppose just the strap could be from anywhere, so ??? P/N on it?

[blacka1vw]

Unfortunately I bought the same part for our 79. I had the exact same issue. I ended up putting it back together with our old one.
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64 SC truck.
71 Beetle -Skyy
71 Super -Sweet pea
73 Bus
79 Bus -Tic Tak
86 Cabriolet

[blacka1vw]

Timvw7476 may be onto something. I did some digging and found a site that listed the Mount and in the description it says required a different Mount bracket. It says p/n 211-599-243\/B if you search it comes up with a bracket that appears to be machined to fit the different shape of the mounts that are available. It’s shown here but says not currently available https://www.heritagepartscentre.com/uk/211599243b-retaining-bracket-for-front-gearbox-mount.html
This site lists it in euros but you can order from them here in the u.s. I have ordered from them they were fine.
https://www.paruzzi.com/uk/volkswagen/rear-axle-differential/stop-plate-dual-clutch-shaft/21484/
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64 SC truck.
71 Beetle -Skyy
71 Super -Sweet pea
73 Bus
79 Bus -Tic Tak
86 Cabriolet

[Wildthings]

You might be able to get by using a polyurethane marine caulk to fill the voids.

Also its probably not very hard to use your old bracket as a mold and pour yourself a new isolator. Ray Greenwood could recommend a polymer for you.

[raygreenwood]

[Magion]

[blacka1vw]

Little more digging and I found one seems to be available on this side of the pond. https://store.concept1.ca/Transmissiont-Mount-Bracket-T2-211599243B/ And also this bit of info on another site.

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64 SC truck.
71 Beetle -Skyy
71 Super -Sweet pea
73 Bus
79 Bus -Tic Tak
86 Cabriolet

[Jeff Geisen]

Always be suspect of the quality of parts for your VW that aren’t made by VW.

From my experience there is nothing better than a good used part made by VW for a VW.
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‘63 ragtop - ‘68 single cab

[SGKent]

Thought I would see if the fiche's had anything to shed on this subject. According to the fiche, the original parts are:

1972 - 1979 mount 211 599 227 (from VIN 212 2000 001)
1972 - 1979 bracket 211 599 243 (from VIN 212 2000 001)

Early versions also used a set of rubber snubbers (insulators) that slid on the horns. Later transmissions did not, and the snubbers won't fit on them either, although the fiche does not reflect that, while experience does.

None of the fiches lists the bracket anymore, and the part number comes from an early bay fiche about 1972 or so. It is possible the later fiche's listed two different part numbers for the bracket. One retail site lists the /B bracket from 1975 to 1979. ETKA has no part numbers on those items.

Another option is to ask Ken Madsen if he has a later used bracket. I do know that that even the two hole nose cone that mounts that style adapter is no longer available even as a reproduction, so that whole area of the bus is getting harder to find.
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