[T3] 73 T3 IRS rear bearings?

[William J]

  I thank all of you , Bob , Jim , Soren and Dave for the suggestions.

 For now I feel the bearings are fine . Not that I wouldn't like to at least 
repack them . If I can get a 36mm socket I have a long bar that's 6 sided 
and about a bit over an inch thick and 5 feet long that the socket could be 
welded to .

 I do have pipe clamps both 1/2" and 3/4" water pipe yet I doubt the 
threaded part would hold up . I have a few pipe wrenches the largest is 
about 12 " long .   I know some people at a body shop that might loan me the 
tools .

 I prefer having the seals at the very least and bearings before I get 
involved in this.

 There are other things I need to do on this car that are more important 
right now.

 I need to change the auto trans fluid . Last time in 2002 I lost all 
forward gears. I had the one from the 72 cleaned on the outside and used 
that case and pump and the clutches from the 72 which were in better shape . 
Everything else looked fine then a month later the car would not move . I 
had it towed home and found the cable that lifts the park pawl ball end 
snapped off , had to remove the valve body and used the one from the 72 , it 
was a better designed cable ball end for some odd reason. When I did that 
putting the filter screen back on the screw driver slipped and puched a hole 
in the filter screen . Dug through the box with the 72 parts and found a 
good one.

 All that happened when losing the forward gears was the large snap ring 
that holds the clutch park in the forward drum popped out.

 I still have gaskets from two sets of 003 trans gastket sets I got in 2002 
. Never knew back then there were complete rebuild kits out there.

 Then there are the engine oil leaks and trans fluid  leaking that seems to 
be the converter seal on the diff. I check the fluid yet it's never really 
down . I really need to try to clean everything off to see . The torque 
converter is dry as is the flex plate. It's difficult to tell where the 
trans fuild is leaking from yet it's not real bad . Engine oil and trans 
fluid seem to blow all over everything . Since the trans is at the highest 
point it may be leaking from the pan gasket and running down or the dip 
stick O'ring . It's been like this for some time and has not gotten worse.

 Just when I get ready to look at some of this suddenly the weather goes 
from the 60's to 90's in three days. I can't handle heat.

William


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Bobsnotch at aol.com>
To: <type3 at vwtype3.org>
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2016 2:56 PM
Subject: Re: [T3] 73 T3 IRS rear bearings?


> In a message dated 2/8/2016 5:22:53 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> catnine09 at dslextreme.com writes:
>
> I keep  reading most say this nut requires a 3/4" drive no pivot breaker
> bar. I  only have a 1/2" drive pivot type.
>
> I have a Craftsman 36mm socket welded to a 3 foot piece of 1/2 inch  thick
> by 1.5 inches wide steel bar. This has worked for me since 1990. You could
> also try and find an older version of the Torque Miester and it's drum 
> brake
> attachment. Those only need about 10 ftlbs of torque applied, since they
> multiply that by 9 or something like that. I mainly use my Torque Miester
> for  Gland nuts on engines. ;-)
>
> Bob 65 Notch  S with Sunroof
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