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On Mon, 2002-08-12 at 02:26, Parker-Durost wrote: > I'm using only one gasket on the bearing housing side. The axle > seal and small o-ring are correctly installed. I reversed the > orientation of the large o-ring and the paper gasket and both sides > continued to drip. I removed one side and noticed the paper gasket > got cut by the bearing housing, so this is no improvement. > However, during disassembly I noticed the energizing spring had > popped off the U shaped seal (both sides), and the third time the > spring had somehow gotten bent. I must be assembling the bearing > cover in such a way as to cock the inside lip? This would certainly > allow the oil pass by and get to the weep hole. I carefully > reassembled (w/o the mangled energizer) and the drip appears to have > stopped. I will need more gaskets and a spring, so another day lost, > Parma coming up! Yikes. > There is no gasket behind the backing plate on our cars. That second gasket is included in the kit for the Bus people. Ours goes: backing plate against axle tube.(no gasket) large o'ring around outside of bearing. paper gasket. washer on axle next to bearing small o'ring steel spacer, inner taper towards the o'ring large washer in the bearing retainer press seal all the way in install bearing retainer, protrusion down make sure the weep hole is lined up and clear. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT (It drove) '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/