Grease it up.  I used a bit of leftover CV joint grease on mine, and it
still took a bit a whack to get it in.

Karl

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Jason Willenbrock
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 7:22 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: distributor installation

hey all,
i removed the ditributor on my 87 syncro to replace the seal that was
leaking.  i bought a new saeal from my local vw dealer.  i removed the
distr with no problem.  i removed the old seal and installed the new
seal.  i then, according to bentley, made sure the crank was tdc which
it is and the rotor faced that direction as well.  well, the ditrib slid
in about half an inch and stopped.  it stopped right where the seal
started to go in the shaft.  i can not get it in any further short of
hammering it in, which i do not want to do.  now i have done this
procedure before and ran into the same problem about three years back on
my 90gl.  however, i do not remember how i got it in.  scratching my
head here.  i figure it is because it is a new seal and the bulge of the
seal makes it hard to slide in, well, what is the easy way here?  grease
it up?  i could get a screw driver on the mounting plate and hammer it
in that way, but this seems much too harsh to me.
any ideas?
tia
jason

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