part in gearbox???

[james butler]

i changed the driveshaft flanges on a new gearbox goin onto the rocko, when i took the old ones off my old gearbox a brass ring fell out from behind the spring....... in 3-4 pieces!!!!!
i remember there being a funky rumbling comming from the gearbox at low speed ever since ive had it. do you think this could have been the cause?
+ is this ring essential? obviously its supposed to be in there for a reason but can a cracked one suffice?

[Old Mac Rocco]

This would appear to be the set up at the flange / gearbox connection.
If it will be ok ?????? I'll leave that up to the experts to decide.



Good Luck.

[PeteGLi]

The rumbling would not have been caused by the broken ring.

No. 4 in the picture above is the tapered brass ring and is required. If you can refit the broken pieces so that they sit flush, then you can reuse them, but I suppose it depends how many pieces they are in. New ones are, I think, still available.

Have a look at Broke's gearbox site for all things 020 :-

http://www.brokevw.com

[james butler]

ahhhh cheers, i was just a bit shocked after taking the flange out and have little broken brass bits fall out on the floor lol. as i said ive changed the gearbox now hopefully there will no longer be any rumbling, ive got a sneaking suspicion that if its not the brass bit it may well have been the diff.