It would seem to Me that if that Bearing is indeed bad enough to cause the 

OutPut Shaft to wobble that the OutPut Shaft Seal would be probably damaged

such that some significant fluid leaking would be occurring,,, Is that happening ~

 

> On 9 Oct , 2022, at 10:08 AM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the info on this. Still struggling with the flange shaft bearing
> issue. Not having much success finding someone around this neck of the
> woods that I consider competent to do the job.
> 
> On Sun, Oct 9, 2022 at 8:24 AM Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> The 090 Transaxle is unique to the bus/Vanagon. Same for torque converter.
>> The Automatic section known as the 010 is common for many VW with some
>> variances for application. For example, for the air-cooled bus and Vanagon
>> along with most of the Rabbit, Jetta, Scirocco applications ATF cooling was
>> provided by the torque converter fins, no added cooler such as on the water
>> cooled Vanagon. Also, for the Diesel Rabbits there was a unique valve body
>> of the "E" mode automatic. Take your foot off the throttle and it goes in
>> neutral for free wheeling down hills.
>> 
>> The soft parts for these transmissions are readily available. The bad day
>> is when a ring/pinion set is needed, or the final drive housing is
>> worn/damaged. Also, there are no cores available anywhere, so torque
>> converter rebuilds are yours is sent out and then shipped back. Performance
>> of the rebuilds is sometimes spotty and yes, they do sometimes fail.
>> 
>> Dennis
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> On Behalf Of John
>> Rodgers
>> Sent: Sunday, October 9, 2022 8:11 AM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Vanagon tranny
>> 
>> Is the vanagon 090 transmission or perhaps transaxle used in any other
>> model Volkswagen?
>>