P 42.7 in my '1980 - '85 and 1980 - 91 Bentleys basically have the
same info. The former with photo type image of the axle, does not show
the gasket. The latter with hand drawn type image, does show the
gasket. I did not find that gasket or remnants in either my '81 or '88
Canadian Westfalias.

Neil.

On 8/18/21, Larry Alofs <lalofs@gmail.com> wrote:

> Volks,
> I have been replacing the rear trailing arms on my '91 GL.

>
>   Anyway, to my question.  When I disconnected the CV axle from the stub
> axle on the left side, I found the remnants of a gasket.  I swear there was
> no such gasket on the other side, which has already been reassembled.  I
> have not found such a gasket when I removed axles on similar vans in the
> past.  There is one drawing in my Bentley which shows a gasket on page
> 42.7.  The other drawings do not.

-- 
Neil n

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