I decided to take off the nosecone on my tranny (091) to change the shifter ball to a steal one and when i pulled it off the tranny,a piece of metal fell out.It is shaped like a woodruff key,but thinner.It looks like a .50 cent piece cut in half.It dont look like a broken piece,it has been stamped out of something.I looked through the tranny much as i could and could find nothing sheared off,plus there is no way it came from inside of the nosecone,because it is metal,not cast aluminum.Does anybody have any ideas where this came from or have you seen this before?

Is it the lock plate? Not sure what it dose but looks like what your talking about.

snap ring probaly,in the mid-section where the bearings are,holds the gear stacks together

Wow,thanks forthe diagram,but yes it looks just like that lockout plate,but unfourtantly i put the tranny back together.I will take the nosecone back off and look again,does anybody know what this thing does,it sounds kinda important.Thanks again Hillaholic.

Buckmaster it is the peice that keeps the Mainshaft bearing from turning in the Intermedite housing. There is a notch in the bearing and a notch in the housing that it fits in.
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I'd put that back in, should it spin the bearing, it'll ruin your intermediate case bearing bore.

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I need one of those for a tranny we are fixing.
Anyone have an extra laying around??

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with out a pic im guesing kydecoy is correct and yes i would most definetly put it back in

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3-ribs and 5-ribs did not have the lock, but I assume VW saw a problem here and upgraded. It needs to be there, but it could probably wait until you take the engine back off or the trans back out for another reason.

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Buckmaster I would fix it right away. if the bearing bore gets worn too much it is hard to fix. 6 ribs are none for this bearing going down and causing gear deflection witch in turn will cause you to break gears in the tranny. It is your tranny but if you know there is a problem fix it.
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