Dean,
Looks pretty interesting. I think your tranny failure saved you from a
dropped valve.
It will be interesting to see which part failed.
The valve stem, the small keepers or the large retainer.
Cheers, dave
On Fri, 29 Mar 2013, Dean Johnson wrote:
I put two pics on my extremely
Interesting, does the adjuster screw contact area also show damage? Here is
a link with similar photos and information.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=488433
On Mar 29, 2013 3:03 PM, Dean Johnson dean.g.johns...@gmail.com wrote:
I put two pics on my extremely inactive blog. It
I have ball foot swivel adjuster and there doesn't appear to be any
difference from that valve to its neighbors. The contact area at the end of
the valve stem also appears undamaged. It looks like a ring of material is
missing from the end just shy of the end.
When I applied the compressed air to
Do you have the adjusters going direct onto valve stem? Or are there caps
between valve and the ball foot adjusters?
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