I may be using the wrong terminology...if so, I'm sorry.

By "swing axle" I'm talking about the axel coming off each side of the
transmission with large rubber boots creating a seal to keep debris out.
They have a full ring of allen bolts around the connection point to the
tranny.

Sorry again if I got the description wrong. - Ben

On 11/28/07 8:49 AM, "Ben Cichowski" <cichowski@montana.edu> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I checked the archives - there was a good post similar to this - but no
> follow up replies.
>
> I had my '88 Wolfsburg with the rear end up in the air on jack stands last
> night to make a slave replacement easy.
>
> I noticed one of the Swing Axle Boots leaking a bit of of oil out on the
> narrow end facing the wheel. Kind of squeezed out when I jacked it up on the
> opposite side. I'm thinking it may be a result of jacking the van up one
> side at a time to put in the stands, thus put extra pressure on the opposite
> side.
>
> Has this happened to anyone else...and is it something to worry about - i.e.
> change right away...
>
> ...or is it a common occurrence from jacking the vehicle up that just leaks
> a bit only when under pressure like this, but doesn't pose much of an issue?
>
>
> -Ben
>
> BTW, slave and clutch MC replacement took all of an hour or so - Thanks Ken
> for the quality parts. The MC I got from you is about 3 times the quality of
> the one I took out from the PO...and the "new" slave he had put in looked
> like it had been through a war. Now I'm just waiting on my pressure bleeder
> now to come in.
>