gearbox oil seal

The gearbox oil seal that sits on the input shaft on my 1.8 gti is leaking, does anyone know where I might get a new one? I've tried Vw and my local motor factors without any joy.

vw do sell them still, as does GSF. i assume you mean the big radial seal around the outside of the input shaft inside the bell housing? dont forget to buy a new brass bush and pushrod seal. gsf do these too. can buy here too:
http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/autogearshop

and help on how to do the job here:
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the place ive had best results for gettin the right seal 1st time is crazyquiffs

ive bought the full seal kit from the site above before too, does the job

gsf ones fine too that is if you can find the bloody things on their website. even more crap than their old one must have taken some serious web design skill to manage that

GSF Numbers are:

11734 crankshaft rear seal £7.20
31155 Input shaft seal too gearbox £4.20
31156 Main Shaft - rod seal £5.40
31157 Gearbox main shaft bush £2.10
11734c Crankshaft seal flange gasket £1.00

and dont forget the "green" end seal also available from them.

The ECP code is 330440210 £4.63
As your taking it all apart consider the clutch release bearing ECP  item 644440020 £4.95

thats what they used to be, changed since then with the new system