Walter V Drive Teardown/Reseal?

[skurferboy]

I have an '01 SAN. Has anyone done a write up on the Walter v drive? Mine's ok, but needs to be resealed...more than just the bottom gasket... I searched but may have missed it. I am a 30 year automotive tech/shop owner, with vast experience with manual VW transmissions, and modest experience with multiple others, including final drives on BMW race cars. This Walter unit looks very basic to me, but maybe there's some proprietary road block I'm unaware of. I'm trying to decide whether to dive in, or send out. Between shipping costs, and rebuild costs, it may make more sense just to handle it myself. I'm also a bit wary of their "factory rebuild service" as its clear, with all the posts I found regarding the bottom pan leaks, "factory" may not be so good. If they had just spent a few $, like $10 more on stainless fasteners, so much grief could been avoided...and, the bottom pan is only sealed by 4 fasteners, in the corners, and the top, sealed by 6--which is adequate. The bottom needs a high quality sealant, no doubt. Thanks for any input!!
--Scott

[brit_hunsicker]

I’ve dealt with Walter and they were easy to work with. I toyed around with the idea of rebuilding mine myself but ultimately ended up sending it in because I wasn’t sure exactly how extensive of a rebuild I needed and it wasn’t the right time of year for me to be guessing. I bet if you called them you could source the parts from them and get technical support. I talked multiple times to one of their techs while they had my unit and afterwards while reinstalling. Also they seem to be fair on parts price. I ended up calling back in after I got mine back because the oil flow sensor wasn’t working, which they didn’t replace. They were 1/3 the cost of the exact same switch on NP. Hope this helps and good luck!


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[skurferboy]

Brit, Thanks so much for the input, it is very helpful. I did see your write up of when you did yours. I'll follow up with whatever path I end up on,
Thanks again..