Transaxle removal

[Guest]

Hey guys,

i felt a rather unusual and rare feeling of wanting to do some work so this afternoon i started taking the gearbox out and then this evening when it was dark i thought well im not far off getting it out so i might as well continue.

anyway everythings undone and its free...however i cant pull the gearbox far back enough to get it off the splines at the front in order to lower it down. Back of the box is hitting the spare wheel well

My dad seemed to think you have to undo the front of the torque tube? but i followed the instructions on clarks garage and it didnt mention to do this so i havent.

Theres a bolt on alloy cover at the back of the box can i remove this in order to slide it further back so it comes off the splines? as this would work i think if theres nothing under that cover?

Also if you remember my other post i said there was a nasty rattling sound, which went with the clutch depressed....looking under the car in the gearbox bellhousing theres a square alloy block which clamps the torque tube onto the splines? well this has come off and therefor rattling about when the engines running so thats that problem cured, however im sure theres something wrong inside the box still...
it wouldnt go into any gear before and the gearstick was solid. When i turned the road wheel the other side didnt move at all....now ive undone the gear linkage the other side turns now... so seems like a selector problem inside... will enlighten you all when i manage to get the bloody thing out.

 

[924nutter]

That alloy cover is where fifth gear lives. When Audi developed the five speeder from the four speeder they hung fifth gear on the end. Have you taken the bolts right out of the coupling? The splined ends of the shafts have a recessed groove which will hold the two parts together, like the pinch bolt on the steering coupling. If it is similar to the 924 there are two access holes in the gear box bell housing to enable the coupling to be undone and then facilitate the withdrawal of the bolts. IRRC you then either have to work through the narrow gap you have created or some kind of removable cover on the torque tube ( it has been seven or so years since I changed the transaxle on my 924) and slide the loosened spline coupling along so that the shafts separate and then slide the plastic linkage sleeve out of the way and then tilt the box down to clear the fuel tank, or something very similar.

 

[Guest]

thanks for the info, you were right it was the coupling type thing at the torque tube side which wasnt fully loose

its out now []