On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 6:10 PM, John Rodgers <inua@charter.net> wrote: > A serious issue arose with the discovery that the small, press fit > bushing that holds the felt grease seal in place over the pilot bearing > was missing. ....... Now oddly enough, VW > does not list this part in the ETKA. There is a picture, but there is > no name given, nor is there a number given. Yet, this is a crucial part. > if you want long life from your pilot bearing. No list vendor that I > know of has them available fro any source. In my case, someone I knew > made one for me.
Nice report John. Anyone know if the air cooled 2.0 flywheel bushing would fit? My memory is sketchy on this, but IIRC, I replaced mine when doing pilot bearing etc. on my air cooled. It wasn't a problem to get this part. Just a thought. Neil. -- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines |
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