What freeze plug? Are you talking the rubber plug inside the CV joint
flange? This is an oil seal. It stops the gear oil that would travel through
the splines on the stub axle. Popping out can be a sign of excess pressure
in the gearbox or just a bad fit. I now glue them in.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Sudhir Desai
Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 12:46 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: what to do about transmission fluid leak out of freezeplug in the
left side cv flange

i dropped the transmission tonight and came upon a major tranny fluid
leak. the freezeplug had fallen out of the cv flange, and when i
removed the drivers-side cv-joint the freezeplug fell to the (not so
clean) ground amid a stream of tranny fluid.

is there anything i should do before tapping the plug back into place
other than change the fluid and thoroughly clean the plug?

thanks in advance,
sudhir