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You were exactly right about the brake problem. In every case... frozen solid. JC Whitney...The how to keep your VW Alive for the idiot...
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Be careful what you buy from Whitney. In most cases they sell the very lowest price product they can get their hands on. Sometime it is the lowest quality part they can find, as well. For some applications, that's just fine, for others, maybe not-so-much. I personally stick with brands a little up-market if I have a choice. if you haven't assembled the wheel cylinders yet, take them apart, one by one and inspect each bore. Casting pourosity can leave a pits that tear up the seal, I've seen many Brazilian-made brake parts with that problem, so I always check out the new ones first. The idiot book is awesome! Glad you discovered it. You also want the Bently publishing factory manual for your year VW to go with that. It's funny, in the past, I had suggested the "idiot book" to others, but some get a little insulted
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I saw the counterbore you were talking about. It's a sunken-in circle cut into the transmission bell housing. It has a diameter of about 11 inches or something like that. I would like to buy the machining equipment so I could do all this stuff myself. I suppose a mill along with a rotary table could be used to cut out a cylindrical disk that could be attached (JB Weld???) to a larger sheet of metal that would later be bolted to the bell housing. Then a hole could be cut in those 2 sheets that is concentric with the counterbore hole, with a diameter that is identical to the diameter of the cylindrical extrusion that is a part of the motor body that is concentric with the motor shaft. Set the plate over the motor shaft extruding cylinder. Next drill the transmission mounting holes by placing the transmission over the other side of the plate. It should slide right on, given the counterbore fitting over the cylinder that was cut and JB welded to the bigger plate. Now everything is aligned. Next, spraypaint holes for the transmission mounting, and drill them out
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I like the way you think, but IMO you need to decide weather or not you want to invest heaps of time, money, garage space and brain power to start your own mini-machine shop in your garage. If your goal is to get this EV on the road, and the machinary (and skill developed to run them) is a means to an limited end, I would re-think that.
The Habor Fright machines are light duty hobby machines at best... I am being kind. BTW do buy a fair amount of tools and supplies from them, but I pick and choose (jumper cables, dolly, cart, allen wrenches, air die grinders, etc).
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Thank you Metromizer, you provided the missing pieces for me. I think it makes sense to me now what I need.
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no problem. PM me and we talk on the phone
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Do all transmissions have a counterbore???
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All aircooled VW's do, those genius engineers located the engine that way. Others brands I've bothered to look at use two dowel pins on the mounting face.