[urq] Re: Diff seal source ?

[Louis-Alain_Richard at computerhorizons.com]

Great news!

The seal on your link is 122mmx72mmx12/13 mm, which is on par with what I 
saw under my car.
Now, I guess this is the 017 525 400A equivalent, which looks like it 
supercedes 857 525 400A. Will give it a try fer sur....

In fact, I don't have much choice: lister-recommended 
www.VMAutohaus-dot-com (of British Columbia, Canada) just sent me this 
reply to my inquiry for the later: 

>Bonjour Louis-Alain,
>
>The seal you inquired about has been discontinued from Audi and is no 
longer 
>being produced.  There are still two of these seals available in North 
>America as old stock though. 
>
>Part#            Description             Your cost
>
>857 525 400 A    Seal                    $178.89
>
>Thanks,
>
>Kristian.  
>

So for 12$, I will order one and "practice" on one of the two or three 4KQ 
rear diffs that Brady's got in its basement... Brady? 

Louis-Alain
a little less pissed-off today...





Nate Stuart <newt at motorgeek.com> 
2004-11-01 15:37

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As far as I know this seal should work:
http://oem.thepartsbin.com/parts/thepartsbin/quote.jsp?make=AU&year=1989&product=J1152-38159&application=000264586&part=Drive%20Axle%20Seal&category=All


It's listed for an '89 90q, but I just had both diff casing side by side 
swapping parts in the garage a couple weeks ago as I was putting a 
torsen diff in the rear of my car. All 3 diffs I had ('89 90q, 86 4kq, 
91 v8q) had the same outer seal dimensions, and the 4kq and 90q inner 
dimensions were the same (as far as I could tell). I had to swap seals 
from the v8q unit into the 4kq box so the inner diameter seal would fit 
up to the torsen diff in there now.

No guarantees, as I didn't try this exact combo, but it looked right.... 
:-/ Measure first before you order.

HTH
-Nate
'89 90v8q
http://www.motorgeek.com

Louis-Alain_Richard at computerhorizons.com wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>Anybody has a source for the rear diff (driver side) seal on our 84-87 
4KQ 
>and 82-87 urQ ?
>
>Part number is 857 525 400A.