002 differential wear

[PEPPE]

i have some 002 trans that have an excessive play between the planetary gear and differential housing. the wear causes the cvjoint flange to move excessively and developing a leak on the seal on that side. what's the best solution for this? maybe machining the housing flange bigger, then welding and machining the planetary gear?

[Bruce2]

The best solution is to replace the worn part. You should be able to find one advertised on the Samba.
If you want to try to repair yours, I recommend you bore out the hole in the diff to clean it up. Then press in a bronze sleeve, like a wrist pin bushing. Then bore that bushing to a close fit for the side gear. This assumes the side gear is undamaged.

[PEPPE]

I have some of them around that are worn, good used are getting scarce in my stash. However both parts are worn.