The tranny is a biatch to get out. It helps to have an extra set of hands around.
I just replaced the clutch and tranny on my cousin's 86 Golf and it was my first time ever doing something like that. To get the tranny out of position I had to completely remove the arm that meets the transmission mount (I wasn't even sure that the arm would come off because it looks like part of the tranny). Then the flanges kept getting caught up in that shield. After that I was pretty much bench pressing the tranny until it came free and lowered it onto my chest (just call me the Incredible Hulk). The pressure plate was hard to get out because the engine would turn every time I would yank on my ratchet. The hard part was getting the flywheel in the right place. The Flywheel has little alignment pegs on the back side, in our case those pegs didn't want to find a spot on the pressure plate, after a bit of coaxing it snapped into place. We had a 8V GTI (9A) tranny, but had to change the flanges to 90mm before installing it. To put the new tranny in was a bit easier than taking it out. Make sure that the flanges are pointing at 12:00 and the tranny will go right in. Then we mounted the mount back on the tranny, and attempted to put it in place. I think that was about it. Mark Reda. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Lagnese" <[email protected]> To: "MICHAEL INGRAM" <[email protected]>; "a2-16v-list" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 6:02 PM Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] Tranny removal question.... > Do you have the bolt off from the passenger side, near the axle? If so, did > you turn the tranny? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "MICHAEL INGRAM" <[email protected]> > To: "a2-16v-list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 11:25 PM > Subject: [a2-16v-list] Tranny removal question.... > > > Hi all, > I'm changing the clutch in my gti I've taken out all the bolts and axles > are > disconnected and starter is off. The transaxle will not separate??? > Are they normally difficult to get apart? Will not separate from the clutch > cover plate?? > Thank you in advance > Mike > > 89gti 16v > 92Camaro > 00jeep > > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above. > > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above. >
