Working on a Mk2a g/box, took the sleeve gear out as the bushes had started to move inwards and were getting munched by the gears. I found the sleeve gear had the wire circlip at the clutch end but not at the g/box end, so the bushes were moving inwards. I didn't know that the sleeve gear at some point had only one groove, i thought it went from no groove to both grooves when the Mk3 came about. Set up and ground a new groove in the S/gear. At the same time i perfected the technique for removing the circlips without resorting to grinding a pocket in the sleeve gear, and without damaging the clips.
Sleeve gear circlip groove
- Thread starter dobba99
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Yes, the Mk2/2A sleeve gear only had the one groove.
As the parts book says, one circlip.
The single circlip sleeve gear c/w bushes was 064991.
