Finally figured out why I was getting anegative number (and a BIG
negative at that) when calculating the end play between the final
drive oil bushing and the reverse ring gear hub on my freshly rebuilt
automatic transmission. It seems that whoever rebuilt it at German
Transaxle had an "attention lapse" and installed hub part number 087
323 373 instead of hub part number 090 323 373. The 087 is an Audi
part, totally incompatible with the Vanagon pinion shaft. Swapped in
my old 090 hub and now it fits fine. Good thing I didn't believe the
tech at German Transaxle who told me the "negative gap" meant I needed
my final drive rebuilt! For anyone interested, pics and details of the
hub mystery here: <http://bange.us/Vanagon/hub/index.htm>