lowered bug and now leaking oil

wacked1 Custom Title Time!

1,508 posts · joined Jul 2003 · 27 Jun 2006, 8:49 pm

#505622

out of the axle tubes on the side closest to the transaxle
what do you think
thanks
ron

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3,436 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 27 Jun 2006, 9:17 pm

#505652

u have split the rubber axle boots

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wacked1 Custom Title Time!

1,508 posts · joined Jul 2003 · 27 Jun 2006, 9:55 pm

#505705

thanks mate

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wacked1 Custom Title Time!

1,508 posts · joined Jul 2003 · 27 Jun 2006, 9:55 pm

#505706

are they hard to change??

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3,436 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 27 Jun 2006, 9:57 pm

#505711

i wuldnt know, i sent mine straight to the mechanic coz i thought id finally killed the tranny, oil was everywhere.
boots cost $18.
labour was $45.
lecture for slamming the shit out of my bug... PRICELESS.

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Chewy Fahrvergnugen

889 posts · joined Jul 2004 · 27 Jun 2006, 10:08 pm

#505726

No theyre not hard to fit but it is fiddly. They are split so they wrap around the tube and the seam bolts together. Use some sillicon gasket sealer on the seam.

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Anthiron The Baja Rejuvenation Begins

4,936 posts · joined Oct 2003 · 27 Jun 2006, 10:14 pm

#505734

best way to do the boots.

ive done two sets now and i have another lot to do now.

you think u have issues with lowering, when u jack it up the boots rub on the frame horns something chronic.

if you jack up the car then the axle will droop back against the frame horn making it impossible to get them off.

so you can either jack up the axle with the car (dodgy at the best of times)

or use ramps.

if you dont have access to ramps then park your car with the arse end over a gutter or some sort of drop off.

try to get german boots.

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531 posts · joined Feb 2005 · 27 Jun 2006, 11:45 pm

#505785

Anthiron wrote:if you jack up the car then the axle will droop back against the frame horn making it impossible to get them off.

Someone told me a while ago, to stop this you wedge a bolt in between the springplate and the lower stop, before you jack the car. Apparently he had done it a number of times and it works well.

Have not tried it myself yet as I was told after I did my first set of boots with the axle tubes down against the frame horns. Will be doing a set soon when I am allowed to get greasy next, might try the bolt trick. Will be lowering the rear first, just so there's more clearance between the tube & frame, not for any other reason :thumb

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