Date:         Tue, 24 Aug 1999 12:27:57 -0700
Reply-To:     Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU>
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From:         Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU>
Subject:      Re: tranny flange seals
Comments: To: "Karl F. Bloss" <bloss@ENTER.NET>
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easy to fix. Youcan do it with the tranny if i think too!  Take off CV
joint.  Clean that cone thing. User a screw-driver and pry out
(destroying) the seal in there. Aim towards the center of the seal when
you pry it out- it has a 3/8" lip.  Remove the circlip from inside that
thing. Now just slide the final drive flange thing our. Under that is a
plastic cone/dirt guard held on by two screws. Take that out. you will now
see THE seal.  Pup it out. Go to a shop and get new ones. By the way,
the outer blue destroyed seals are the samea as a type two seal :-) the
inners ones were stocked at my VW /foreign flaps. Shouldn't be more than 5
smackers for everything.  I didn't replace the outer balck plastic dirt
guard- just cleaned it instead.

Hope this helps. Have fun. email me if you have questions!
-matthew
84 weekender


Matthew Pollard             http://www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356
Dept. of Chemistry               http://www.chem.uidaho.edu
University of Idaho                   http://www.uidaho.edu