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acuozzo Samba Member
Joined: August 22, 2012 Posts: 12 Location: Orange, CT
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Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 11:48 am Post subject: fisrt gear bucking and hopping |
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My Dunebuggy hops bucks wildly in first gear... If I ease out the clutch she's fine (which kinda takes the fun out of it) Any Ideas? |
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MrGoodtunes Samba Member
Joined: May 14, 2012 Posts: 932 Location: South Florida
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Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 12:10 pm Post subject: Re: fisrt gear bucking and hopping |
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Two things you need to look into:
(1) Check your clutch cabls boden tube. If you're lucky, that may be all you need to fix. But if it's been bucking wildly for awhile, it may have done some damage. So, also...
(2) Check your front trans mount.
More info with a good pic from Dale M...
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=431142 |
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vwracerdave Samba Member
Joined: November 11, 2004 Posts: 15441 Location: Deep in the 405
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Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 1:51 pm Post subject: Re: fisrt gear bucking and hopping |
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Your transaxle mounts need replaced or maybe you broke the transaxle nosecone. You may also find the grommets in the spring plates needs replaced. _________________ 2017 Street Comp Champion - Thunder Valley Raceway Park - Noble, OK
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manxdavid Samba Member
Joined: November 24, 2003 Posts: 1841 Location: David Jones, Anglesey, North Wales, UK. Manxclub #678.
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Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 3:47 pm Post subject: Re: fisrt gear bucking and hopping |
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MrGoodtunes wrote: |
Two things you need to look into:
(1) Check your clutch cabls boden tube. If you're lucky, that may be all you need to fix. But if it's been bucking wildly for awhile, it may have done some damage. So, also...
(2) Check your front trans mount.
More info with a good pic from Dale M...
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=431142 |
This ^^^ |
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acuozzo Samba Member
Joined: August 22, 2012 Posts: 12 Location: Orange, CT
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2016 11:11 am Post subject: Re: fisrt gear bucking and hopping |
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Thanks guys... I did mounts this spring..the front was obliterated. I get a little gear grind going into 2nd and I have to manipulate the coupling to get it into reverse so I'm thinking nose cone..
Anyone have experience doing one? |
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Dale M. Samba Member
Joined: April 12, 2006 Posts: 20553 Location: Just a tiny bit west of Yosemite Valley
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2016 12:00 pm Post subject: Re: fisrt gear bucking and hopping |
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Yep pretty simple.... You have to remove engine.... Unbolt transaxle and move it back some.....Remove about 10 nuts off studs and remove nose cone... Move "hockey stick" to new nose cone and put new gasket in place and reassemble.....Not rocket science just dirty and time consuming.... If nose cone is broken, its because of bad front mount, replace it also....
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jspbtown Samba Member
Joined: January 27, 2004 Posts: 5173
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2016 12:15 pm Post subject: Re: fisrt gear bucking and hopping |
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If nose cone is broken, its because of bad front mount, replace it also.... |
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I did mounts this spring..the front was obliterated. |
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manxdavid Samba Member
Joined: November 24, 2003 Posts: 1841 Location: David Jones, Anglesey, North Wales, UK. Manxclub #678.
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2016 12:34 pm Post subject: Re: fisrt gear bucking and hopping |
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Before you take the gearbox out did you try the easy thing first, the 'bow' in the Bowden tube? |
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57BLITZ Samba Member
Joined: June 12, 2012 Posts: 2385 Location: DEEK - U.S.A.
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2016 4:03 pm Post subject: Re: fisrt gear bucking and hopping |
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manxdavid wrote: |
the easy thing first, the 'bow' in the Bowden tube? |
That was my first thought . . .
Confirmed when I read "new Mounts"!
Ya GOTTA have enough "droop" in the Bowden tube or it will droop you!
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acuozzo Samba Member
Joined: August 22, 2012 Posts: 12 Location: Orange, CT
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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2016 6:42 am Post subject: Re: fisrt gear bucking and hopping |
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finally got her up on a lift...not only is the bow in the bowden tube not correct...its non existent..lol the whole tube is gone...apparently never there to start.. soooo thats what I will be doing this weekend..lol
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