O/S Driveshaft Seal help

1. Ben_SaxoForte Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Mar 2009 Stoke-on-trent Posts: 2640 Mk5 Golf GTTDI Mk2 VTR Project

   #1 2nd February 2012, 13:02

   got my driveshaft off to put a new one on, its on my mk2 vtr with intermediate bearing on the shaft. anyway I've got a rubber seal to go back on the new shaft and can't remember which way it goes? i thought it was the seal out of the gearbox but its not and can't remember where to put it other than on the shaft because it came off on the old shaft. Help?
2. Gandi699 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 9100 Amazon green VTR 16v, Inferno RS clio 182

   #2 2nd February 2012, 13:07

   Hard to make sense of that but theres a seal on the gearbox side (where the shaft goes into the diff) and a rubber dougnut that just pushes up onto the shaft
3. Ben_SaxoForte Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Mar 2009 Stoke-on-trent Posts: 2640 Mk5 Golf GTTDI Mk2 VTR Project

   #3 2nd February 2012, 13:10

   ah yeah its the rubber doughnut one its a little bit tapered not sure which way round it goes? does the bigger side go toward the gearbox or the smaller side?
4. marrygold Regular Poster Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 330

   #4 2nd February 2012, 20:24

   its a dust cover,just slide it up to the gear box
   the oil seal is in the box.
5. user_20080 Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2007 smurfland. Posts: 17346 Ex saxo owner.

   #5 2nd February 2012, 20:47

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Ben_SaxoForte ah yeah its the rubber doughnut one its a little bit tapered not sure which way round it goes? does the bigger side go toward the gearbox or the smaller side?

   Tapered end should face outwards iirc.