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On 14 Sep 2003 at 19:49, Aaron Clow wrote: > I was re-doing my rear brakes today and found that I had a leaking > grease seal on one side. I bought a new grease seal, but when I went to > take the old one off, there was no shim or O-ring underneath it. Is > that right? Also, it looked like there was little or no grease in the > bearings. Are these lubricated by the gear oil? You have CV joints in your 71, so the gear oil doesn't get outside the tranny case. There may not be very much grease in there. It doesn't take much, but it's important that there be some, that it be clean, and that there is no water in there. I don't remember for sure, but I think the IRS assemblies leave out some of the parts that came with the swing axle cars. This is simply because oil leaks out more easily than grease. > I looked in the Bentley, but I didn't see anything about the outside > seal, just about taking the bearings & all off and apart. It's in ch. 5, Lubrication & Maintenance, pg 13. There's not much there, but there is probably more in the transmission chapter. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org