[VB] lost my tranny ....

[claralw at aol.com]

park bus somewhere level you can leave it at least the weekend, flat, on concrete preferred.
remove motor
break loose axle nuts and lug nuts and the big 27mm nuts and 4 nuts each RGBs
remove wheels and brake drums and brakes.
set bus on axle stand under the rear torsion tube.  Place the rear tires under bus.
drain gear oil
remove RGB covers, and upper gears
remove transmission a la Muir Idiot book.

here is where you skip to the Bentley 
take off RGBs  at the inner ring of 6 nuts, pull off axle tubes and inner half rgbs
now you remove  snap rings, I ground a pair of long needle nose pliers to fit.   It's not that bad with the right tool

Now pull the axles out, examine the axle shaft spades and the fulcrum plates for wear.   the fulcrum plates often are be worn, they are available new
then pull out the crown gears,  also inspect for crack and replace if cracked.

anyhow, maybe it's not the tranny.   let us know your finds.



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-----Original Message-----
From: C. Dreike <c.dreike at verizon.net>
To: John Dillon <johndillon at johndillon.com>
Cc: vintagebus <vintagebus at type2.com>
Sent: Tue, Sep 24, 2013 8:14 pm
Subject: Re: [VB] lost my tranny ....


Once you get the rubber boots off and the hemispherical bells removed, 
you will need a large snap ring plier for removing the snap rings. I 
have a larger sized quality brand like proto or crescent needle nose 
plier with the tips slightly bent that sort of works. Its quite the 
job to get those buggers out. Be careful, easy to bark a nuckle or 
worse in the process. Once the snap ring is removed, then all the axle 
and plates and parts almost fall out. To reinstall the pieces, grease 
them with moly grease or other nice similar sticky stuff to hold them 
in place as you insert the axles. Installing the snap rings is no 
easier than the removal, sadly.

Best of luck. Let us know how it turns out!
Chris
64 DD Kamper Kit
Just turned 50 on 9/6/2013!!

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while engineers seek to create what never was.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Dillon" <johndillon at johndillon.com>
To: <The_Bug_Pack at yahoogroups.com>
Cc: <vintagebus at type2.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 9:37 AM
Subject: [VB] lost my tranny ....


And after all the things I did for her/him.



Anyway, I was heading to work and thought I'd drive my old bus . so I 
could
get it to Krown today. got to the top of my small hill and something
exploded . I think my transmission locked up . clutch still works so I 
was
able to get into neutral and roll back down the hill into my driveway 
.



I do have a rebuilt transmission I want to install . Dougie Dee did it 
for
me maybe a year or so ago . anyway, my question.



How do you remove the axles (they are axles right?) from the side of 
the
transmission. I've rebuilt redux boxes a couple times but I've never 
taken
the axles off.



And - I'm going to be reinstalling the transmission that originally 
came
with my 60 - is there anyway of knowing how it will perform with a 
1500 or
1600 vs. the 1200 it was originally paired with.

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