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Made a start on the box...
First job was the give it a clean off as its a little dirty...
Once 'clean' I split it open... had a bit of a fight with the select tower but...
All looked pretty goos so far... no obvious teeth missing or other damage... so wrestled the shafts out for cleaning...
...can see why these boxes are heavy...
Fresh from the hotwash...
Next up is to mod the forks... the offending items...
The rivet on the one on the right has a tendency to sheer leaving you unable to select gears...
A little info here...
http://weldingweb.com/showthread.php?176331-Beefing-up-VW-shift-forks
...and here (as long as you have the chrome photobucket extension)
http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=310279
I also have this to fit...
...not entirely convinced this will actually do anything and trying to convince myself it won't leak through the bolt holes...
...and of course I cleaned up the reason I am doing all this in the first place... the transfer box... (I now have two of these... you never know )
I was considering cleaning the case in the wet blast but... this would mean I would have to replace all the bearings as there is no way to be sure that the media is all clear in the crevices of the bearings... will just paint it black and be done
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First job was the give it a clean off as its a little dirty...
Once 'clean' I split it open... had a bit of a fight with the select tower but...
All looked pretty goos so far... no obvious teeth missing or other damage... so wrestled the shafts out for cleaning...
...can see why these boxes are heavy...
Fresh from the hotwash...
Next up is to mod the forks... the offending items...
The rivet on the one on the right has a tendency to sheer leaving you unable to select gears...
A little info here...
http://weldingweb.com/showthread.php?176331-Beefing-up-VW-shift-forks
...and here (as long as you have the chrome photobucket extension)
http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=310279
I also have this to fit...
...not entirely convinced this will actually do anything and trying to convince myself it won't leak through the bolt holes...
...and of course I cleaned up the reason I am doing all this in the first place... the transfer box... (I now have two of these... you never know )
I was considering cleaning the case in the wet blast but... this would mean I would have to replace all the bearings as there is no way to be sure that the media is all clear in the crevices of the bearings... will just paint it black and be done
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