Gonz, Thanks. Godfrey's "I know it all" attitude was beginning to get on my nerves. The bullshit detector was going off every time I read his commentary. I've pulled the transmissions on RWD cars and wouldn't even try a FWD. Things are way too cramped in a modern engine compartment with FWD. Regards, Bob S.
On 7/24/06, Gonz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > On Jul 24, 2006, at 12:52 PM, Gonz wrote: > > > > > >>>... that's really more a reflection of the quality of the > >>>design than the type. > >> > >>I'm sorry, but you're still not convincing me. I've changed > >>transmissions on both types of cars and there is a *world* of > >>difference. > > > > > > As I said, differences in difficulty reflect the quality/ > > serviceability of a particular design and are not indicative of a > > type distinction. I probably pulled, overhauled and reassembled at > > least 100 transaxle and separate component setups over the years > > since 1971 and today. > > > > IMO, the particular design doesnt matter. What matters is that the > basic assembly is the same. On a FWD, in order to move the split shaft > assembly out of the tranny case, you have to take the wheels off, loosen > and move to the side the brake assembly, loosen the suspension from the > wheel assembly, probably loosen and/or remove the major suspension frame > member closest to the tranny (because that member usually holds the > tranny mount and the tranny usually has to come downwards to get out), > loosen the shaft support on the long side of the shaft, take the short > shaft off the tranny and the wheel assembly, and finally pull off the > long shaft. Now, you've just gotten started. You next have to support > the engine, take one or more engine mounts off (this is usually because > there is not enough space to pull the tranny off the engine in its > normal position and you will have to drop the engine/tranny assembly > downwards), take a huge part of the junk above the tranny and engine > (air intake assembly, battery, etc, 90% of the time, this is just to get > to the top side bolts from the top). Pulling it out is no fun either, > in theses transverse mounted situations, there is barely enough space to > do it and it first has to come straight out then a bit of a tilt before > coming down, all the while permanent crap like air conditioning hoses > keep getting in your way. Of course you could take them out, but then > you have to put it back and evacuate/re-charge the cooling system, not fun. > > Compare that to a RWD, where I've never run into anything remotely > resembling the difficulty of a FWD tranny replacement. Its pretty much > a simple shaft loosening, hose and linkage removal, followed by dropping > the tranny, no suspension hacking, no wheel/brake/air conditioning/air > intake stuff ever. > > Give me a RWD job any time. > > > Some are a major pain in the ass. Others are a piece of cake. Of both > > types. > > > > Which ones have you worked on? > > > > Mini-vans are the worst FWD, small cars can be real bad. American are > worse than foreign. > > For RWD, like I've said, never ran into a hard one. Trucks are a joy. > > Never done a 4WD yet. > > > Godfrey > > > > -- > Someone handed me a picture and said, "This is a picture of me when I > was younger." Every picture of you is when you were younger. "...Here's > a picture of me when I'm older." Where'd you get that camera man? > - Mitch Hedberg > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
