Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 09:09:02 -0700
Reply-To: gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
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From: gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: drive shaft output shaft seal
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Mathew did a great job explaining how to replace this
seal. As hard as I try to find this seal in ekta I
am unable to find something called a seal. Can
anybody confirm the part number or a page number that
this seal appears in the ekta diagram.
thanks gary
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 15:15:53 -0700
From: Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU>
Subject: Re: Drive flange / output shaft seal.
Hey, i've done this one before, so here i go. First, i
did it on my 84
(like i have other vw's??)
Ok, remove the cv/half-shaft. You'll now be looking at
a cone thing.
Clean
out the 1.5" center flat piece and you'll notice that
it is rubber.
This
rubber thing has gotta be removed. Shove a screwdrive
into the middle
of
it and pry (pray too i guess) it out. It comes out
really easy. You'll
need a new one (no shit). These are the same as ones
used in some old
bus trannies, so you may be able to get them at a high
quality
air-cooled
vw shop. I got mine at donsco in belmot
(www.dosco.com). The dealer
didn't
hav'em.
Once this seal is out, there is clip (memory is
staring to fade... or
was
it a bolt) that can be easily removed. Now the whole
flange will come
out.
I didn;t need the special vw tool or anything. It came
out really
easily.
Now there are some other funky plastic things around
the flange that
are
bolted to the tranny. These are dirt and mud guards or
sort. Clean'em
and
re-use them. Keep taking layers off and eventually
you get to what
looks
like a standard oil seel. REmove it, clean & replace.
Look into using
some
oil-gasket sealer (the black stuff. Blue is for water
stuff, red is for
brake rattle, the amber stuff is your beer, and clear
is gasoline).
Ok, i was a bit vague there, but i'm tell ya' if you
are even thinking
about doing this job, then you know what a seal looks
like and how to
put
a new one in etc.
Re-assamble and you're on your way. All of the seals i
needed were
standard vw sizes that i was able to get at a good vw
supply place. The
dealer was WORTHLESS for these items.
ok, back to the amber stuff
-Matthew
Matthew Pollard "Racing with the wind and
flirting with death
Dept. Of Chemistry So have a cup of coffee and
catch your
breath"
University of Idaho
www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356
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