^^ so is it easily repairable, or do you need a new tranny? you said it also broke the side cover, but did also hurt the tranny case at all? good luck with that

camber + hp always end bad

well... I took the tranny completely apart and performed an inspection to see what all damage there was. Good thing is that all the gearing is perfect...

Here is the extent of the damage:
- Passenger side axle tube cup is bent.
- Passenger side axle retaining plate is bent - which was causing the fluid to leak.
- The entire axle on the passenger side is trash.
- Dibris in the passenger side diff bearing.

Steve at ProFlow Performance is pulling the parts from on old tranny for me so that I can repair mine...

This is the axle tube retaining plate - the cup end is bent as well. It is bent beyond what I consider reliably repairable. The bend created a big enough gap to allow most of the transmission fluid to poor onto the garage floor.


This is the replacement axle tube to replace the one with the bent plate. I sourced it from Steve at Pro Flow Performance in Hiram, GA. I need to cut the air bag mount from the old axle tube and weld it to the replacement.


Two good used replacement axles. One to replace the broken one and the second to replace the other which I found was heavily worn. These came from ProFlow Performance as well.


The transmission case cleaned, painted and ready for reassembly.


I purchased a new nose cone. The old one was fine, however it did not allow the installation of the reverse sensor. The 1960 model did not come with a backup light to see behind you when backing up at night. Now I will be able to ad one. The reverse sensor is installed in the threaded hole.


When doing the transmission inspection, I found that the passenger side diff bearing was going bad. Steve at ProFlow Performance pressed a new German bearing on the differential. The bad bearing is in my hand on the left.


These are the good used replacement left and right spider gears complete with replacement fulcrum plates to mate the replacement axles to the differential. These came from ProFlow Performance as well.


All I am waiting on is the gasket kit and then I will be able to begin assembly. Hopefully I will have it tomorrow.

I want to know the location of the Ace Hardeware that stocks all those VW parts!

Ace is where I find the unique and hard to find hardware. The bag in the picture has stainless allen head door hinge screws for reattaching my doors.

Got half way completed with the disk brake conversion. We are hosting a German exchange student this year who I am teaching how to work on beetles. Kind of ironic. He is a great kid!

Put this on the family car today...

man i really like your car

Thanks! I got them here: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=782450