VW gearbox bearings

[Doctordiesel77]

Diff oil seals are fairly easy to find, unless you have a very early gearbox built before 30 June 1983. The part number for these early seals is BAU 2443, the VW number is 020 301 189E (the E is more important than you'd think!) Dimensions 36x58x15/9.5mm. I couldn't find an exact match, but an Elring 044.881 is 36x58x15 so will do the job, but without the sticky out bit. Searching for 020301189 came up with a variety of incorrect parts with a variety of suffix letters....

[Doctordiesel77]

Next is the input shaft needle bearing, BAU2456, seem to have cone from two manufacturers, INA and FAG. FAG number is 310-3955B, INA number is F-52867, dimensions: shaft 22mm, housing 30mm, width 18mm. VW part number 002311125A . Seems to have been used on a variety of VWs including T1 and T2 so unlikely to vanish from the shelves anytime soon.

[Doctordiesel77]

I will be adding to this, but the first one I've found is that the diff bearings in all of the VW gearboxes (4speed, 5 speed and automatic) Rover part number BAU 2570, bearing manufacturer's part number LM29749 / LM29710, is the same as a Freelander 1 rear diff bearing (to vin 2A374724) part number TZZ 100170. The bearings are not hard to find, as they are the same as a lot of VW gearboxes, finding overpriced Chinese made ones seems a lot easier than finding quality ones though, the Freelander bearing on the other hand generally seems to be made by Timken in France and quite reasonably priced.