Paper gaskets in 100 mm cv joints

[Rabbit on Roids]

not like it makes everything ok, but i do use power punch grease, its way stickier than anything ive used before, besides that damned CV grease. god that stuff is a nightmare. when you work on CVs, you might as well just dip your hands in grease up to your elbows, seems like i end up getting it all the way up there anyway. CV grease is real fun to try and clean off too. no matter how many grease rags or shop towels you use, your hands always feel greasy afterwards. dawn dish soap does not cut CV grease, lol.

[truckinwagen]

the same reasons that make it a pain to work with are what make it work so good.

[Dakotakid]

I did not state my original question properly. I was wondering (as did Tyler) why the 90's never have the gasket. Out of all the cars I've owned or dismantled, no 90 ever had paper.
I just switched a Golf over to 100's along with spindles and their bearings, ball joints, and flanges (seals).

As I switched flanges, I found that one of the little brass oil slingers (just under the flange washer) had fractured into two pieces and I was working in a place where all my storage transmissions were 65 miles away. So, I just put the pieces back together and inserted the larger flange and it's hardware.

My Volks. of America mechanic friend states that I should be OK with this but I now run the risk of the axle gland nut working lose and it needs to be watched. I am not sure of the correlation here....unless simple "collapse" potential.  Anyway, he sez he has several of these slingers on hand, but, I was too tired to tear it apart again. He states that it won't fracture more and take out the bearing.

I hope this does not give me practice hitching a ride some dark, cold, lonely night!!!!!!!!

[Rabbit on Roids]

like the little brass conical washer under the drive flange? thats there to keep everything centered.

how is the brass conical washer in the tranny going to make the axle nut come loose on the hub?

and the first time i took my rabbit trans/axles out i had 90mm paper gaskets in there. should i see if i can dig them up?

[rabbitman]

Probably most cars with 90mm joints are old enough that most have been pulled apart and the gasket torn or thrown away and not replaced.

[Rabbit on Roids]

thats what i was thinking too, but then i got to thinking again, 1.5's never came stock in 81, and my car came from the factory with a 5 speed im pretty sure.

is there any way to break down a vin code? or is there an equipment tag somewhere? like that tells you what engine and trans are SUPPOSED to be in the car? i know most other vehicles have something like this.

[burn_your_money]

MK2s have that in their trunk on a sticker. I won't tell you if a CV has been changed or not though

[Rabbit on Roids]

MK2s have that in their trunk on a sticker. I won't tell you if a CV has been changed or not though

NO WAY! you have got to be kidding me?

honestly the only reason i was wondering, was so i could look and see what my car was SUPPOSED to come from the factory with.

and if you didnt catch it, i was being sarcastic in the first part of the post.

[rabbitman]

http://www.checkmycar.com/ tells you what engine it came with but nothing about the tranny. All these "free" vin check sites offer a free search, they won't show you anything unless you pay though .

[burn_your_money]

NO WAY! you have got to be kidding me?

I kid you not