I had to remove the right hand rear drive shaft from my Vanagon due to 3 cv bolts shearing off, and needed to make sure that the flange was not damaged (nothing that a bit of time with a file will fix). My question is, do I need to dismantle the axle and bearing to replace the spacer between the bearings, or can I just put a new grease seal in, reinstall the hub, and torgue to spec? Some cars that I have worked on in the past require replacing the spacer, since it is "crushed" when the axle nut is torgued down, and can not be reused, I am not sure if this applies to the Vanagon's or not. TIA, Howard Fleming hfleming@moosebird.com hfleming@moosebird.com Alexandria, VA 97 Jetta GL 97 Cabrio 85 Vanagon 84 Westy 84 Vanagon GL (spare parts that turned into a project) 1945 Cletrac model AG Benjamin Fleming (new kid that is a project....) Alexandria VA |
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