Camshaft seal done!!

[jdbubb@ix.netcom.com (Dan Bubb)]

I'm going to pass on making a comment on people that have inadequate
repair skills, yet are qualified to critique design.
As far as jamming a 1/4" bolt in a 6mm hole (pathetic!) try installing a
helicoil thread repair insert.
Dan

> DEMETRIS RAPTIS wrote:
> 
> This is my first time I changed the valve cover gasket on a 16V
> engine. Pain in the ass!! I had to do it because the little moon
> shaped rubber piece and the camshaft seal were spewing oil on the
> timing belt. What kind of f****d up design VW came up with? Couldn't
> they make one piece rubber gasket ?
> I managed to get the camshaft bolt out using a breaker bar and the
> 17mm hex that I jammed inside the sprocket and the head. Of course,
> the timing belt jumped few teeth and I had to redo the timing. Had
> hell of a time trying to find the little arrow on the plastic cover.
> Another VW creative  invention!!
> I found out one the bolts in the middle that hold down the valve cover
> had stripped the threads inside the head. Went to SEARS , got a 1/4"
> bolt ,put some assembly lube on the threads,  put a couple of washers
> and tighten it down.
> Demetri