On 4 Oct 2001 at 13:16, patrick paul clerkin wrote:

> To all the mechanically inclined:
>         I have been having trouble with my clutch grabbing when the van is
> cold, and I wanted to replace the clutch and the main seal.  My question
> is:  How does one go about replacing the main seal, and how difficult is
> this?  Also for anyone who has had this done by a mechanic: how much did
> you pay?

Is the clutch grabbing during engagement, or just grabbing without
warning with the pedal still depressed? If the latter, then your problem
is likely a pilot bearing - this happened to me a few years ago. The pilot
bearing comes apart and grabs the mainshaft without warning.

Even if it's not the above problem, I suggest replacing the pilot bearing
and packing with moly grease any time you have the trans out.

To replace the seal, you'll need to drop the trans, which isn't all that
hard given the space and time. I would guess you're looking at ~3
hours labour at least for a shop to do it. I did mine in about 5 hours the
first time, but I just replaced the pilot bearing, not the main seal, which
was a mistake. Now it appears my main seal is leaking, go figure... To
me, this is just another reason to replace the WBX with a TD... :-
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Shawn Wright
Computer Systems Manager
Shawnigan Lake School
http://www.sls.bc.ca
swright@sls.bc.ca