other-power
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Hello all,
I have been having trouble with my 02A gearbox gear change tower for some time, sloppy and indesisive at best.
150,000k miles, AHU engine, variant
I had been driving home and had a real trouble selecting gear, dangours trying to get out at junctions etc.
I took out the tower and took apart to find the gear selec shaft bearing has broken apart and more importantly had less bearings in it then it should.
Video prior to removal (in HD): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uszvPtrLRVM
Above picture from: http://www.wagenstad.com/index.php?modid=113&page=3-85-00
Item 5 (02A 311 648 C) is the bearing, item 4 (02A 301 241 H) is also knackered and part 7 (02A 301 320 B), a thin rubber washer, needs replacing.
I found a post about up rating the tower but its dated 2007:
http://www.clubgti.com/forum/showthread.php?t=159557&page=2
and
http://www.clubgti.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=138258
I would like to know if any one has had to do this fix recently and what there solution was.
My solutions I will try:
Thanks
Jonathan
I have been having trouble with my 02A gearbox gear change tower for some time, sloppy and indesisive at best.
150,000k miles, AHU engine, variant
I had been driving home and had a real trouble selecting gear, dangours trying to get out at junctions etc.
I took out the tower and took apart to find the gear selec shaft bearing has broken apart and more importantly had less bearings in it then it should.
Video prior to removal (in HD): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uszvPtrLRVM
Above picture from: http://www.wagenstad.com/index.php?modid=113&page=3-85-00
Item 5 (02A 311 648 C) is the bearing, item 4 (02A 301 241 H) is also knackered and part 7 (02A 301 320 B), a thin rubber washer, needs replacing.
I found a post about up rating the tower but its dated 2007:
http://www.clubgti.com/forum/showthread.php?t=159557&page=2
and
http://www.clubgti.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=138258
I would like to know if any one has had to do this fix recently and what there solution was.
My solutions I will try:
- Call my local VW dealer (UK) but am not holding out.
- Track down a bearing (as per the second link above).
- Get a phosphorous bronze bearing made.
Thanks
Jonathan
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