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On 31 Aug 2004 at 11:44, fess wrote: > In section 1 > > page 22 figure 6-2 shows the axle tube retainer. [ shows the nuts being > removed from it. ] as I said the flange on the edges of mine, actually > comes out as shown in the picture, but then folds back flat about 1/2" > out. If you look at fig. 6-8 on page 24, I think you can see that the retainer is made up of two parts riveted together. > page 23 figure 6-7 shows an "original style" axle boot being installed > into the retainer. In that photo you can see two of the rivet / weld > like things that are the things that seem to be leaking. even looking > at one apart in the mechanics garage I couldn't quite tell what those > rivet / weld like things were about. That photo also seems to show a retainer with the extra 90 deg bend that you mentioned. I believe those are rivets. I was always surprised that this piece was not made in one part, because this way seems to invite leaks. I don't know if they really had any tendency to leak, however. Is yours leaking around one of the rivets or just at the seam between the 2 parts? I'm guessing here, but reading the text it becomes clear that gaskets need to be added under the bolts for the retainer in order to get the right amount of play in the axle tube. I wonder if this play was set up wrong, or just not set up at all, forcing some parts here to be deformed in use, and starting to leak. I wonder if this play (max 0.2 mm) can be felt with the tranny assembled in the car. Can you feel anything on the other side? I suspect you will have to replace that part to fix this leak. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~