If you are brave..look closely at the pinion teeth way back inside and see
how its wear pattern looks...Nice and shiny is what you wanna see.

Daryl of AA Transaxle
425-788-4070
"On the cutting edge of Old technology"
86 Syncro Westy w/Turbo Zetec in the trunk
90 Doka Tristar w/2.5 Subie

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
pickle vanagon
Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2012 10:13 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: removing input shaft seal

Ok guys thanks for the advice.

Ill remove the bell housing and use RTV.

Other than the oil slinger, is there anything else easy I should check
behind the bell housing?
Thanks again!
Wes
On May 13, 2012 11:13 AM, "Daryl Christensen" <daryl@aatransaxle.com> wrote:

>  Don't worry about the gasket..We haven't used them for years and
> always use RTV instead. Just pull it off if that's your preference and
> do it the easy way. Also you can check to see if the little slinger is
> still solidly in place as a loose one will cause leaks.
> T o repl the seal with the bell hsg on, you will need a seal puller to
> pry it out and then a longish tube that will go over the length of the
> input shaft to tap (hammer) it back in.
>  Any time you have to put in a seal and cant see the rear side after
> its installed, you should put some grease in the back cavity where the
> little spring is at to keep it from popping out from the force of the
hammering.
>
> Daryl of AA Transaxle
> 425-788-4070
> "On the cutting edge of Old technology"
> 86 Syncro Westy w/Turbo Zetec in the trunk
> 90 Doka Tristar w/2.5 Subie
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> Behalf Of pickle vanagon
> Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2012 6:25 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: removing input shaft seal
>
> How hard is it to remove the input shaft seal on the transmission
> without removing the bell housing?
>
> I realize the bell housing is easy to remove but I don't have a gasket
> for it and can't really afford to wait for one to come in the mail...
>
>
> Thanks for any tips!
> Wes
>
>
>