Half shaft to diff flange bolts

[johny]

Theres a couple of recent and very similar threads to this on here which you might be interested in reading if time. I would reuse the shaft as apart from cost theres the quality of any replacement to consider but of course it also depends on personal factors like planned length of ownership/mileage etc...

[daverclasper]

Interested in this. So, on a Mk1, the bearing needle rollers are not in direct contact with the half shaft (never worked on one though had an idea they were, for some reason).

[Pete Lewis]

yes they do  they keep the bearing housing aligned  they steady it up  as a single row ball bearing would allow the hsg/trunion to float about 

so whilst they dont do heavy work they are very important 

Pete

[johny]

Maybe this diagram from the free to download workshop manual would help Dave. Item 40 is the needle roller bearing with integral outer race but no inner race and 35 is a normal roller bearing complete with inner and outer races. Then 41 and 34 are seals mounted either side of these bearings to keep their lube in...