Re: shift linkages and tranny seals

[Mark Mages <wasserbox@yahoo.com>]

Just a small addendum - you need the tool to remove
the drive flanges safely.  They are heavily spring
loaded, and I could see a lot of potential pain
involved if you don't use the tool.

Also - if your seals have been leaking for more than a
few weeks(mine leaked for a year b4 I fixed em), you
should clean and re-pack your inner CV joints while
you have them off the car.  The oil will contaminate
the grease, and cause it to be... well, less greasy.

I give the velocity diffy kit a big thumbs up too.  It
isn't quite as easy as it sounds, but definitely
do-able in a day.  Oh yeah - it helps in the corners
too.  Cranking it up to 45 while you slide around a
corner is great fun.  You should've seen the eyes of
the Honduh tailgating me on the way back from
lunch....

Mark
 
> The seals are not difficult to change.  You need to
> remove the axles and
> drain the transaxle oil.  You remove the two drive
> flanges, then the two old
> seals.  You will need a tool to compress the drive
> flanges back in.  Be
> advised:  if the seals have leaked for a long time,
> dirt will be picked up
> by the oily flange and there will be grooves worn in
> the sealing surface of
> the drive flange.  If that happens, you must replace
> the flange or it will
> trash the new seal and start leaking again.  Flange
> is about $85.00 each,
> new, I think.
> 
> To get the tool you need for the flange, just buy a
> Velocity limited slip
> differential kit.  To paraphrase Brett, you get two
> seals and a tool for
> free, or is it a tool and some seals for free? 
> Sorry Brett.  Anyway, it'll
> come with the tool and the seals, and these little
> thrust washers that
> reduce the slip in your diff.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> Bill
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jorel" <jorel140@yahoo.com>
> To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2000 12:23 PM
> Subject: shift linkages and tranny seals
> 
> 
> > I've talked about this before. Have been having
> > problems with my '85 popping out of first gear.
> All
> > other gears are good. I am not up on this stuff at
> > all. I have been told by members of the group that
> > this is a linkage problem, that they have had this
> > problem and it went away when they rebuilt their
> shift
> > linkages so on and so forth. I have also been
> told, by
> > mechanics (many of the blood sucking vareity) that
> > this could not be the problem because all this is
> > controled by a cable. Seems to me their wrong?
> >
> > Anyways the '85 is being looked at by a
> diagnostics
> > center just down the road from home. I want to
> find
> > out for sure. I don't like the things they are
> saying
> > about synchros and all. Meanwhile I found this '82
> for
> > sale. It has been retrofitted with a 16v rear
> hatch
> > (false advertisement) and tail lights. It has an
> '84
> > GTI motor under the hood  and GTI wheels and has
> been
> > dressed up with a Kamei body kit. The body is
> rough
> > but not rusty. The problem is that the tranny seal
> is
> > leaky. Again I'm not up on that stuff, and that
> makes
> > me nervous. I would be interested in merging the
> two
> > cars, but not if both are going to have serious
> tranny
> > problems. Decisions, decisions.
> >
> > In short, what I'm asking is: How does the shifter
> in
> > these cars hook up to the transmission? Is
> replacing
> > the tranny seals a major undertaking requiring an
> > expensive mechanic bill or special tools should I
> do
> > this myself? The problem with doing this myself is
> I
> > am currently in the market for a house. I live in
> an
> > apartment right now with an underground parking
> lot.
> > Not good for working on cars. I can work on my car
> > inside the warehouse at work, but not for great
> > periods of time...
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Jorel Jackson
> > '85 Scirocco
> >
> >
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