I had to remove the right hand rear drive shaft from my Vanagon due
to 3 cv bolts shearing off, and needed to make sure that the flange
was not damaged (nothing that a bit of time with a file will fix).

My question is, do I need to dismantle the axle and bearing to
replace the spacer between the bearings, or can I just put a new
grease seal in, reinstall the hub, and torgue to spec?

Some cars that I have worked on in the past require replacing the
spacer, since it is "crushed" when the axle nut is torgued down, and
can not be reused, I am not sure if this applies to the Vanagon's or
not.

TIA,
Howard Fleming
hfleming@moosebird.com

hfleming@moosebird.com
Alexandria, VA
97 Jetta GL     97 Cabrio
85 Vanagon      84 Westy
84 Vanagon GL (spare parts that turned into a project)
1945 Cletrac model AG
Benjamin Fleming (new kid that is a project....)
Alexandria VA