There's a great video out there featuring the late Boston Bob with Jim Akiba
on how to do the seal; I have the video on my computer but I don't know the
link for it online. Many folks just replace the seal while they're in there
so as to hopefully avoid pulling all that apart when it fails at a later
date. Perhaps someone can post the link, or you might find it in the
archives.

Cya,
Robert

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
pickle vanagon
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 8:35 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: pilot bearing... do i need to replace the main seal?

I dropped the tranny today and found my exploded pilot bearing.  So tomorrow
I'll be removing the flywheel (which looks like its in great shape---at
least on the tranny side) to swap out the bearing.  Since I'm removing the
flywheel, do I also need to do the main seal and associated things (some
kind of felt washer??) or should I leave it since its not leaking?  Looking
in the archives, it seems some people have had problems after putting in the
aftermarket seals.  The dealer doesn't still sell the seals, do they?

Thanks guys,
Wes