The very best seals so far have been from KACO. They are a white silicon type material. For the o-ring inside the flywheel I find that ones in the engine kits are not quite right. Get it from the dealer if still possible. The flywheel to crank bolts are onetime items and should be replaced. Setting the end play is critical. Dennis Sorry for being short on words. -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Neil N Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 9:53 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Oily Oily Clutch. FW O Ring Failure? and: Problem Solved? ( clutch disk hanging up ) Right. Yes. Have read the gowesty article on those seals. Can't recall brand I bought locally. We'll find out. re: flywheel sealing surface. At very least I find it very interesting that the seal actually contacts the flywheel. Unless I'm misunderstanding things. Stuart: I get what you're saying but for me, learning to measure crank end play is something I'd like to do. Thanks for link to the gauge. Maybe something similar is available up here in Vancouver. Neil. On 3/29/16, SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott ) <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > reminds me of another thing. > Type of rear main seal. > black and brown ones ...not good for long in my experience. > > the best ones are either soft nice red rubber.. > or a red rubber lip on a black Rear Main Seal. > > haven't had a problem with the sealing surface on the flywheel wearing > much .. -- Neil n Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/> Vanagon-Bus VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay> |
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