so the noise i heard last trip to haspin with nitro, rick and the boys wasnt a cv it was my reverse gear bangin around in there , so im gonna put this acorn in i have fresh out of a bus and abuse the piss out of it, im talkin climbin shit in reverse abuse i'll let you know how it holds up, in the mean time its same old fixin shit! tryin to get it in by this weekend for either the dirty turtle or the bug farm! any bets on how long it will last!?

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ANTI- antifreeze!!!!!!

id be willing to bet it aint in by friday night!

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Hey,can you hand me those zip ties and that roll of duct tape?!

reverse will not take a beating in any vw trans except maybe a midshift. and personally i wouldnt beat on its reverse either.

the acorn is just as strong as a regular 3 rib. The problem your going to see is that you cant fix'em if anything other than the diff gets broke. They dont fit in a regular trans jig. since it was only a half year part, there arnt parts (bearings and such) floating around for them.

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Maybe you should chug on over to mamby pamby land....

You might want to use the foward gears and leave reverse alone...

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Air cooled forever,i hate rusty tools!!!!!!!

Why do you want to trash it? Looking for practice at tranny swapping?

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True that.

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ok i was drunk when i wrote that but i dont plan on it being a permanent trans for my rail due to what racebug stated, about the jig and parts, but ive always read and heard that they were the weakest of the three ribs, and i am tryin to get rid of the weak links ! but figured for the couple of rides left for the year id test its strength, not so much in reverse !!! im always careful in reverse , hold the shifter in and all, dont understand what happened to this trans, wasnt even in reverse that whole day. i knew enough to put it on the trailer instead of screwin everything in there up tho, once i figured out what it was. either way a little old tranny cant keep me down for to long I"LL BE BACK

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ANTI- antifreeze!!!!!!

Y don't u just sell that acorn cuz I'll buy it! The one have needs some parts and yes they r the weaker of the three ribs from what Jim at jims custom vw has told me there worth about 200 hunder bucks but if you want to sell it I'll buy it!

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there you go dave sell that one add about 100 buy the one you want

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get you some

hey dave...you get that tranny in yet? we supposed to ride saturday

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Hey,can you hand me those zip ties and that roll of duct tape?!

i ran one for 4 years and sed it hard with a big motor and 35 inch boggers cut to the cords and broke 2 difs over that time but nothing else and one time was cause i hit reverse trying to go into second

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LOL..Yep, I can't afford to trash nothing...I always need spare parts, plus its a good way to learn by trying to fix it.

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Run what you brought, and hope you brought enough!!

IMO< the acorn style is not nearly as strong as the threaded 3-ribs. 2 main reasons are: (1) the pinion bearing setup is a joke.. a snapring with three tabs is a poor setup compared to the threaded bearing. (2) the side diff bearing caps are a lot weaker then the threaded ones.

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In GOD we trust.....ALL others pay cash.

it will be spring before he puts it in.....

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Hey,can you hand me those zip ties and that roll of duct tape?!

not in a hurry now , im lookin for another tranny

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ANTI- antifreeze!!!!!!

so i guess you wont be ridin till spring...or summer

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Hey,can you hand me those zip ties and that roll of duct tape?!

maybe maybe NOT I GOT PLANS

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ANTI- antifreeze!!!!!!

well you missed ANOTHER good ride ...me n ray went down to farm and raised some hell....it was sloppy! climin shit in 2nd with it tached out!

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Hey,can you hand me those zip ties and that roll of duct tape?!