axle boots

jakeandco1958 Commited Dubber

51 posts · joined Aug 2012 · 2 Sep 2016, 11:19 am

#1029601

can i replace my axle boots on my 1970 vw beetle without diassembling the axles. In other words can they be replaced whilst on the car from underneath.
is there any preferred way to go about it?

lauzboy Seriously Crusin Dubber

177 posts · joined Mar 2005 · 2 Sep 2016, 2:18 pm

#1029609

Swing axle or IRS?
With swing axle definitely yes. the boots have a split in them which are then sealed up with screws.
With IRS i think you have to pull the axle assembly... i think

jakeandco1958 Commited Dubber

51 posts · joined Aug 2012 · 2 Sep 2016, 2:41 pm

#1029611

swing axle so it can be done by a novice?

Birdman Wolfsburg Wizard

428 posts · joined May 2010 · 2 Sep 2016, 2:50 pm

#1029612

Yeah that's an easy job you can do on your swinger. Get everything clean prior to disassemble, use quality boots, point the seam at the 10:30 position on a clock so the oil doesn't leak.
There's a great how to on the volksworld website.

jakeandco1958 Commited Dubber

51 posts · joined Aug 2012 · 2 Sep 2016, 8:26 pm

#1029619

Great. Many thanks for that info.

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 3 Sep 2016, 9:53 am

#1029629

The swing axle boots are split and use small screws and nuts to seal it up.. You have the join at 10.30 as that is considered the best spot for the screws and join to be... as they do have to flex a lot continuously...

. 12 o'clock
. 11 o'clock
. 10 o'clock approx. 10.30
.9 o'clock

if the screws are at the top or at 90 degrees the boot has to bend too much and the screw join will fail...

If one is split replace both boots... also check the oil level thru the oil filler hole.. on the side..

LEE

- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

jakeandco1958 Commited Dubber

51 posts · joined Aug 2012 · 4 Sep 2016, 9:25 am

#1029655

thanks for that. took your advice and the new boots are on and oil topped up.

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 4 Sep 2016, 4:42 pm

#1029664

jakeandco1958 wrote:thanks for that. took your advice and the new boots are on and oil topped up.

Good job Jake..

You did use Hypoid Oil in the gearbox??
it MUST be used because the differential is inside the gearbox - transaxle...

another thing many people have been caught out with -
they have drained the oil from the gearbox, and then could NOT get the filler plug undone... lol... but You have undone the filler plug so that is good...

cheers

LEE

- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---