Removal of the rear IRS axle bearings and seals

I am not to familar with IRS rear axle bearing configuration. Can someone lend some tips to aid in the removal of the rear axle bearings and seals ( both inner and outer)?
thanks,
Joe

Joe:
On IRS rear bearing replacement:
I had to take the trailing arm/bearing assembly to a machine shop and carefully press out the bearings with a hydraulic arbor press - they're a PITA as they have bushings, spacers and bearings to contend with and then you have to have a selection of spacers available to get the correct thrust tolerance. On top of that, VW apparently has special adapters for their presses to make getting it all apart and re-assembled easier. We didn't have those, either, so I did one side and it was enough of a PITA that I gave BOTH of them to an old VW guy who knew what he was doing with them and they came back all fixed.

Gordon

Which direction did they press them out? Out of my outer board bearing s came out with just a slight tug. The others are a PITA. It loosk like the inboard seals were welded in place . To much grease to get an actual look. I want to remove everything by tommorrow since its off the the sandblaster friday.The Haynes book I pickup up tonight is no big help. Though it does state to take them off and have it done.

You must have the same book I have - doesn't tell you much of anything about this. I can't be of any help, either, as I wasn't there when the first was done, and he said it was such a PITA that he didn't want to do the other one for fear of screwing both up.....

Any old VW guys in your area?

I happen to drive through the local area and saw a house with a bunch of VW in the drive. I might stop there to ask if thhey work on them on the side. I do have access to a press though not the special tooling.

Joe, personally I wouldn't do that. You have no guarantee as to the quality of their work. Remember at 65 miles an hour,,,,your life and the lives of anyone who rides with you are at risk even with the best mechanic who might leave out an o-ring. Let alone a guy who doesn't know or give a rats ass if he ever sees you again....after all he's got your money, and your out of sight.

Pick a VW or porsche machanic who has a known reputation. Pay him fair money for good work, and be safe..


G clarke "The Vacaville Guy"

on "thesamba.com" there is a complete irs setup for sale that has
been converted to 944 disc brakes. swing arms, calipers everything
$400. sorry i can't tell you which way to press, but i figured i
let you know.

You know, at $250 - $300 just for the rear disk brakes, plus another $50 - $75 for the bearings, seals and shims, you're getting pretty close to the Samba deal just in parts - PLUS it's already to go....all you'd have to do is get it sandblasted separately, powder coat or paint it and put it in.

gn

What's a Samba deal? I looked on yahoo and found 4.8 million sites related to Samba and still don't know what to look for. Darryll

It under www.thesamba.com
use the search tool type in 944. And there you are.
He does not ship. Oh well!