Itinerant Air-Cooled

Lobro brand (german) CV joints.
Bus Depot replacement CV bolts.
Bus Depot AT filter and gasket kit.
German Supply Final Drive Gasket.

Rockford boots are fantastic. I got mine straight from the website. I here the don't hold up as well up in the Northern climates.....but then I'm in Texas.

For future reference: does anyone know of a rebuilt transaxle that is of comparable quality to original German?

daves_ale wrote: Rockford boots are fantastic.

Update!
They're crap!
Colin

hambone wrote:For future reference: does anyone know of a rebuilt transaxle that is of comparable quality to original German?

Hambone, get ahold of Daryl of AA Transaxle up in Duvall Washington. Word on the WetWesty list is that he does excellent work.

http://www.aatransaxle.com/index.htm

For UK people, Type3Detectives 003 trans gasket.

Redline Synthetic GL4 Tranny Fluid. You can get it at Harley shops & performance shops.

Amskeptic wrote:

daves_ale wrote: Rockford boots are fantastic.

Update!
They're crap!
Colin

Ya got that right.

Darryl's phone number: 425-788-4070 AATransaxle uppainnaWashington

rockford CV boots again! According to curtis4085 (if he is still amongst us),
"What Rockford has listed is correct. http://www.rockfordcv.com/Volkswagen_bootkits.htm
I bought the transporter ones and they are right size. Now awhile ago I heard they were selling short boots but from what I understand it's been fixed.(they have 4 ribs) part # 339-22"

I just ordered the Rockford CV Boot Kits #339-22 directly from Rockford. 1-815-962-1411
They have a 2-tiered pricing - consumer or "jobber" for if you are some sort of business. The difference was pretty dramatic. The rep ended up giving me the lower price, but I am not sure if they do that regularly or not. I suppose if you made the case that you were a repair business, or a fleet customer up front you would be given the lower price first. fyi.

On 5/29/13 the consumer price was $29.20, and the "jobber" price was $17.49. This includes the boot, grease, circlip, but not new bolts. I will edit this post when they arrive.

2/25/2017: Ok, I didn't update when they arrived, but they seemed fine and installed well enough. They failed some time during the summer of 2016. 2 of the 4 I installed completely split. Blerg.

Anyone have any experience with the BusDepot "Febi" wheel bearing/race/seal kit? I'm specifically looking for the non-composite rear bearings, but if they're good I'll order the fronts to match.

drober23 wrote:I just ordered the Rockford CV Boot Kits #339-22 directly from Rockford. 1-815-962-1411
They have a 2-tiered pricing - consumer or "jobber" for if you are some sort of business. The difference was pretty dramatic. The rep ended up giving me the lower price, but I am not sure if they do that regularly or not. I suppose if you made the case that you were a repair business, or a fleet customer up front you would be given the lower price first. fyi.

On 5/29/13 the consumer price was $29.20, and the "jobber" price was $17.49. This includes the boot, grease, circlip, but not new bolts. I will edit this post when they arrive.

Have they ever arrived?? I need to replace the 4 year old boots so I am looking for some good long lasting parts like the OEM ones that were 30 yrs old before they failed.

Rons Transaxle
1009 Broadway Ave
San Pablo, CA
510 235 6263

rebuild, modifications, parts for automatics
presumably gearboxes transaxles as well.

Good Guy=Ron=Owner

I bought parts,in 2008. Used. Very fair prices. When a circlip groove completely fractured on a fw/reverse clutch drum he sold to me, he sent a replacement nocost+shipping. It wasnt stripped and contained a clutchpack with moderate use. Certainly good, so that compensated shipping.

When I rebuilt my 003 auto, Ron had a decent fluid pump, and everything else I needed to put my trans right as far as non consumables. Thrust bushings.
Fluid pump gear fragged on a shakedown drive, way out of town. Never rebuilt or had this auto failure before and had a full plate rehab on the bus to do, so the whining warning went unheeded.
It telegraphed warning whine which I Lucas( Hope) TransTreatmented. Till it let go, and ceased to make drum grabbing pressure.
Master kit I sourced someplace else, name which escapes me. Torque converter I had rehabbed at some funnycar place in LI. should have an addy somewhere for east coasters.That service should be available regionally.
That's about all I can remember off the top of my head.
Where was his online review? I just found him by deduction. SF Bay Area = Most VW lovers/Hippies/highest density of solid VW recycling.Ron used to ride Bultacos, we found out we shared dirtbike halycon days,but on opposite coasts.

hambone wrote:For future reference: does anyone know of a rebuilt transaxle that is of comparable quality to original German?

10 years later I ask the same question. It is almost time. Colin what do you think of your Rancho transaxle? And what is the deal with certain bellhousings not permitting a socket on the engine mounting bolt head? There seems to be a cast boss in the way.
The other option is German Transaxle in Bend but they are spendy with a lesser warranty.
I want to do this ONCE.