sneakypete

quote:the differential gears - wear slightly, then force apart the gearbox sides slightly - and then wear rapidly as the slop in the bevel gears causes the diff to slip. with maintenance however; they last ages but hotter motors make the diff's break faster.id="quote">id="quote">Cheers MMBIB! Have disassembled entire drive system and found the diff is separating under load! Thankfully the previous owner stopped running the motor before much wear occurred - I am planning to shim up the diff on the casing/bearing sides to keep the whole plot together - unless that is, anyone thinks thats a bad idea??[?]

...namely half-shafts. I have aquired a wrecked Monster for my 6 year old son - who's over the moon and wants it running ASAP! I reckon the half-shafts have 'rounded off' in the rear diff - I've not dismantled yet but am getting loss of drive to rear nearside. A bit of research has shown that King Blackfoot shares some parts? Any other bits common to other kits? Not sure of condition of rest of Beetle - hopefully I'll get it going (on a tight budget) very soon. Unless anyone knows of other weaknesses that I will need to shell out for?!!