Alright, Travis, here's what I do know: When the Bentley manual is referring to "Moly-Kote" they are basically referring to a moly-based grease. What comes to my mind is the current engine assembly lube that you can buy from most part stores. most of these are molybdenum(sp?) based greases. Engine lube is good because it forms a cushion that eventually goes away (the gear lube will take it from there) Moly-based wheel bearing grease, however does not, so stay away from the high-temp stuff, again it's just for assembly purposes that you would be using it. I'm paranoid so I use this stuff when assembling the current model manual transaxles, (albeit very sparingly) I also use it when building engines. I know David used to always assemble engines with regular old motor oil, the transaxles got the gear oil treatment. He was never real big on the assembly lube thing. As to what to be careful about, I'd think if you're doing one side at a time, you shouldn't lose any sort of alignment, but I've honestly never torn into one of the late model bus transaxles. The only bus transmissions I've done any sort of teardown/repair work were all swing axles, so I can't offer much help there. If the flanges are spring loaded, I have a tool that is actually made for a1, a2, a3 model water-cooled cars that preloads the flanges so you can remove/install the center retaining bolts. Again, I remember replacing the center caps inside the flange on my '70 bus 12+ years ago, but those justed popped out and back in. I did use a seal removal tool (the old school hook type) after tapping a hole that I could use to pry them out with. That fun little chore I did without having to remove the flanges themselves.
