944 Transmission Walkthrough (image heavy)
#34
Tool requirements/availability
Amazing write up - thanks!!
Couple of questions - the preload tool looks to be VERY specific to this application. I would like to try a rebuild but not sure where to find the tools that are necessary. Does anybody have any ideas on this?
Also, who sells shims?
In looking at different vendors it looks like around $850 for bearings, synchros, seals and gaskets for a complete rebuild.
Lastly, does anybody make a spool for these transmissions? Me and some buddies race and options are $1800 LSD unit or weld the spider gears. Anybody make a spool to keep this clean and cheap?
Thanks,
Ken
Couple of questions - the preload tool looks to be VERY specific to this application. I would like to try a rebuild but not sure where to find the tools that are necessary. Does anybody have any ideas on this?
Also, who sells shims?
In looking at different vendors it looks like around $850 for bearings, synchros, seals and gaskets for a complete rebuild.
Lastly, does anybody make a spool for these transmissions? Me and some buddies race and options are $1800 LSD unit or weld the spider gears. Anybody make a spool to keep this clean and cheap?
Thanks,
Ken
#38
Drifting
Thread Starter
Amazing write up - thanks!!
Couple of questions - the preload tool looks to be VERY specific to this application. I would like to try a rebuild but not sure where to find the tools that are necessary. Does anybody have any ideas on this?
Also, who sells shims?
In looking at different vendors it looks like around $850 for bearings, synchros, seals and gaskets for a complete rebuild.
Lastly, does anybody make a spool for these transmissions? Me and some buddies race and options are $1800 LSD unit or weld the spider gears. Anybody make a spool to keep this clean and cheap?
Thanks,
Ken
Couple of questions - the preload tool looks to be VERY specific to this application. I would like to try a rebuild but not sure where to find the tools that are necessary. Does anybody have any ideas on this?
Also, who sells shims?
In looking at different vendors it looks like around $850 for bearings, synchros, seals and gaskets for a complete rebuild.
Lastly, does anybody make a spool for these transmissions? Me and some buddies race and options are $1800 LSD unit or weld the spider gears. Anybody make a spool to keep this clean and cheap?
Thanks,
Ken
have not seen any spools for a 944 transmission.
have you tried directly from Porsche or VW. Being that it has a VW part vw 385/1
#41
Three Wheelin'
Thanks so much for this write up! A friend of mine told me about this thread and i'm lucky that Thingo knew the name of the topic, because rebuild or revision is not said in this topic..
I'll be using all of this in the near future to rebuild my S2 gearbox and probably add a LSD in it!
I'll be using all of this in the near future to rebuild my S2 gearbox and probably add a LSD in it!
#42
This is an excellent tutorial with clear instructions a great pictures.
Before I undertake such a repair, can somebody help me with something? When he says remove the bolts, is it righty-tighty / lefty-loosey or is it righty-a-way to the check book and have somebody else do this for you before you loosey your mind because this looks way out of my league.
Makes my oil changing skills look like a kindergarten finger painting versus Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa.
Before I undertake such a repair, can somebody help me with something? When he says remove the bolts, is it righty-tighty / lefty-loosey or is it righty-a-way to the check book and have somebody else do this for you before you loosey your mind because this looks way out of my league.
Makes my oil changing skills look like a kindergarten finger painting versus Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa.
#44
Drifting
Thread Starter
Thanks so much for this write up! A friend of mine told me about this thread and i'm lucky that Thingo knew the name of the topic, because rebuild or revision is not said in this topic..
I'll be using all of this in the near future to rebuild my S2 gearbox and probably add a LSD in it!
I'll be using all of this in the near future to rebuild my S2 gearbox and probably add a LSD in it!
This is an excellent tutorial with clear instructions a great pictures.
Before I undertake such a repair, can somebody help me with something? When he says remove the bolts, is it righty-tighty / lefty-loosey or is it righty-a-way to the check book and have somebody else do this for you before you loosey your mind because this looks way out of my league.
Makes my oil changing skills look like a kindergarten finger painting versus Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa.
Before I undertake such a repair, can somebody help me with something? When he says remove the bolts, is it righty-tighty / lefty-loosey or is it righty-a-way to the check book and have somebody else do this for you before you loosey your mind because this looks way out of my league.
Makes my oil changing skills look like a kindergarten finger painting versus Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa.
Regards
Sean