Re: Vanagon Conetastrophy
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2017 4:30 pm
Empty transaxle housing after teardown
3-4 slider hubs (old style-left,new Weddle 8D-309HD hub with radiused key slots-right)
Close up of original hub with small stress fracture, VW discovered this problem with the 3-4 hubs in early 094 transaxles, and changed the design sometime around 1988-89, under hard use the fractures would propagate until the hub would break, and the transaxle would be stuck in whatever gear it was in at the time of failure (3rd,4th or neutral)
Cleaned case ready for reassembly
Inside spinny pieces
Pinion bearing retention nut installed
Engine & transaxle prior to installation