Date:         Wed, 18 Aug 2021 16:34:53 -0400
Reply-To:     Larry Alofs <lalofs@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Larry Alofs <lalofs@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      gasket between cv joint and stub axle
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Volks,
I have been replacing the rear trailing arms on my '91 GL.  It has lived
it's whole life in the land of snow and salt and the end of the right side
arm near the attachment by the jacking point simply broke loose.  Rust is a
terrible thing.  I certainly second the statement by Dennis recently about
the difficulty getting the thru-bolts loose.

  Anyway, to my question.  When I disconnected the CV axle from the stub
axle on the left side, I found the remnants of a gasket.  I swear there was
no such gasket on the other side, which has already been reassembled.  I
have not found such a gasket when I removed axles on similar vans in the
past.  There is one drawing in my Bentley which shows a gasket on page
42.7.  The other drawings do not.
  I can find one gasket listed after searching the sites of three
suppliers.  It looks similar, but is said to be for a Passat or Eurovan.

Does anyone have some words of wisdom or advice?

Larry A.