[Vwdiesel] Re: Intermediate shaft

[David Kysar]

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Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 07:01:19 -0700
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] thanks to the members of the list

On 17 Aug 2002 at 20:15, David Kysar wrote:

> I have asked quite a few question here about the oil pressure with proble=
ms with my 85 Jetta.  I finally got the intermediate bearings replaced.
>
> I greatly appreciate the good advice and help,
>

Hi,

I've got the same problems with low oil pressure and am fairly certain it i=
s the
Intermediate bearings. Can you tell us how you got them done & how much it =
cost?
I'm still trying to figure out if this is something I can tackle myself wit=
hout doing a
complete rebuild.

Thanks.Shawn Wright, I.T. Manager
Shawnigan Lake School
swright at SLS.bc.ca
http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright
http://www.sls.bc.ca

Shawn,

It depends on which model you have but you may be able to remove your front=
 motor mount and lower the engine so that the intermediate shaft clears the=
 frame rail.  Pull the accesories and timing belt, then the intermediate sh=
aft pully.  Then the seal flange and the vacuum pump. Look at the slot on t=
he vacuum pump that drives the oil pump and check for wear.  The intermedia=
te shaft pullls out.  In my case the the front bearing had spun of after be=
ing replaced by my rebuilder after 2K miles.  The rear bearing was fine so =
I was lucky.  To get the rear bearing out/in looks like the oil pan, and pu=
mp need to come out.

Good Luck,

Dave
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