Beware of swapping driveaxles from one side to the other. (If that's what people are proposing.) I don't know about Vanagons specifically but on Quantums the driveshafts LOOK the same size on the left and right but in actuality one is a little longer than the other. (Despite the engine being mounted inline - on transverse mounted VWs one driveshaft is significantly longer than the other.) I haven't checked Bentley for the Vanagon but in the Quantum's case Bentley had the lengths of the shafts listed there - some differed by mear millimeters. Just a 'heads up'. Damian |
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