can 5th gear be replaced in the vehicle? (020)

scottmartin49 · Post by **scottmartin49** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 10:20 am

Heard it could. Anyone here done it?

surfcam · Post by **surfcam** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:44 am

I have done a 5th gear swap last summer. It has worked out quite well for me. I installed a ASF and swapped the .75 ratio to a .71. So at 60 mph the rpm's are 2400 instead of 2900. Your will need to buy another triple square socket. It is a different size then the CV's. Other then that it's pretty straight forward. There's a real nice write up at this web site.

http://www.brokevw.com/5thswap.html

scottmartin49 · Post by **scottmartin49** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:14 am

Thanks!

Gearhead · Post by **Gearhead** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:55 pm

I've never taken my 4speed apart, but is it possible to ADD a 5th gear? I actually have a overdrive 4th, so I wouldn't. I was just curious.

VWCaddy · Post by **VWCaddy** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 4:32 pm

Gearhead wrote:I've never taken my 4speed apart, but is it possible to ADD a 5th gear? I actually have a overdrive 4th, so I wouldn't. I was just curious.

Sure, suppose you could reverse engineer all the housing and internal parts changes made between the 4- and 5-speed transaxles. Probably be a lot easier to just put in a 5-speed box to start with.

Northern RD · Post by **Northern RD** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 5:54 pm

http://brokevw.com/5thswap.html