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On 26 May 2005 at 12:27, Daniel Baum wrote: > I put the filter and pan back on the tranny today, with a new gasket. I had > to torque the bolts about 5 times before they would hold torque. If I had > had to guess I would never have believed how tight 7 lb ft is. I put about > 2.5 liters of ATF in and then started the engine, so I could measure with > the dipstick. In the end it took pretty much exactly three litres - 3 quart > bottles that I bought (why do they sell it in quart bottles even here???!!) > and the dregs of another bottle I had lying around. 7 ft lbs isn't very much. I'm surprised that you thought you had to retorque it. Did you use the Belleville washers that you got from me? I assume you replaced the governor cover O-ring, too. > All I can say for now is so far so good, I drove it backwards and forwards > on my driveway and it refused to leak. I have now left it with a cardboard > box under it to catch any drips, but it was clean when I last checked. My bet is on the governor cover, as that is such a common problem. I think it's possible that the cover was just sealed by dirt (there's no pressure under there) but that your driving eventually loosened up the dirt and then the leak, once it started, washed the rest of the dirt away. > I now have a new problem. I can't believe this has happened, and so soon > after fixing so many other things --- I seem to have stripped one of my > wheel lug bolt threads. It torqued almost up to the correct amount and then > just let go. It is definitely the thread and not the bolt, as I tried a > different one. If it's a front, replace the rotor. If it's a rear, replace the hub. (I have good used ones.) I had a customer here who drove around for MONTHS with TWO of these bolts stripped out on a rear wheel, and they weren't even 180 apart. Thank goodness we got that fixed. In his case, the cause was a cheap replacement drum which had a face that was too thick, so that the bolts couldn't get full purchase in the hub. The face of the drum should be flush with the step in the hub. We replaced his drum, too, with a good used OE drum. The torque should be 92 ft-lbs. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~