Date:         Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:52:06 -0800
Reply-To:     neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Swing Axle Boot Leak Question
Comments: To: Ben Cichowski <cichowski@montana.edu>
In-Reply-To:  <C372DC21.3362%cichowski@montana.edu>
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Hi Ben.
Not to alarm you but.......

There is a seal in the centre of the tranny flange. A small plastic
cap. It's might be leaking a little gear oil into the CV/boot. There should
be info on this in archives.

Or there is so much CV grease in there that as you say, jacking it up pushed
some out.

I'm pretty sure CV grease doesn't "melt" or break down to the point of
draining out.

But I'm sure I'll be corrected by the list if I'm wrong!

;^)

On Nov 28, 2007 7:49 AM, Ben Cichowski <cichowski@montana.edu> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I checked the archives - there was a good post similar to this - but no
> follow up replies.
>
> I had my '88 Wolfsburg with the rear end up in the air on jack stands last
> night to make a slave replacement easy.
>
> I noticed one of the Swing Axle Boots leaking a bit of of oil out on the
> narrow end facing the wheel. Kind of squeezed out when I jacked it up on
> the
> opposite side. I'm thinking it may be a result of jacking the van up one
> side at a time to put in the stands, thus put extra pressure on the
> opposite
> side.
>
> Has this happened to anyone else...and is it something to worry about -
> i.e.
> change right away...
>
> ...or is it a common occurrence from jacking the vehicle up that just
> leaks
> a bit only when under pressure like this, but doesn't pose much of an
> issue?
>
>
> -Ben
>
> BTW, slave and clutch MC replacement took all of an hour or so - Thanks
> Ken
> for the quality parts. The MC I got from you is about 3 times the quality
> of
> the one I took out from the PO...and the "new" slave he had put in looked
> like it had been through a war. Now I'm just waiting on my pressure
> bleeder
> now to come in.
>



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