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Re: CV Joint Vibration
Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:10:42 -0800
...Definately not sloppy like the old CVs. I thought that they would loosen up. I have replaced my CV joints before and didn't...
Re: cv joints
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 9 Apr 2010 11:40:52 -0400
At 10:09 AM 4/9/2010, Luke Bakken wrote: >I use swepco 101 grease for my CVs, comes in tubes: Yes, I see...
Re: Speaking of CV Joints ...
Historical mailing list - Jorge Osorio
Fri, 16 May 2003 11:38:18 -0400
...Can I use bearing grease to service the CV joints or > > must I use CV joint blessed grease??? > > > > Danke. > > > > Jorge > > > > '85 Clunking Weekender (Betsy...
CV bolts and DPO mechanics
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:05:29 -0800
...If they were all loose, surely I would have heard the horrible rattling noise of a loose CV joint. Instead, that ONE tight bolt...
Re: Replacing CV joints
Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
Thu, 15 Sep 2005 09:39:52 -0700
...Replacing CV joints I'm replacing my CV joints with LOBRO ones. Can anyone tell me please whether the one groove or the three...
Re: CV Joint vs Wheel Bearing noises....?
Historical mailing list - Ron L
Fri, 6 May 2005 20:38:25 -0400
...I >suspect a CV Joint going bad...but what are the signs >(noises) of a Wheel Bearing going bad? > >Cheers! >Kevin > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo...
Re: The Thompson Coupling
Historical mailing list - Karin Baker & Raymond Paquette
Wed, 5 Dec 2007 09:51:32 -0500
...20 degrees," but our _stock_ CV joint will work under load at 20 > degrees, and a 930 CV joint is good for 24 or...
Re: cv joints
Historical mailing list - Luke Bakken
Fri, 9 Apr 2010 07:09:51 -0700
...get CV grease in gun-tubes or cans? �I've only ever seen > it in squeeze-tubes each containing grease for one joint. I...
Re: Heavy Duty Rear Axels/CVs (108mm), Factory
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Thu, 4 Jan 2001 11:32:59 +1200
...the vehicle a better choice in rear CV joints might be the smaller >Porsche 930 joints sold by Weddle, which do promise increased range...
Re: Help removing stripped CV joint bolts
Historical mailing list - Mike
Sun, 10 Dec 2006 10:04:08 -0500
...Help removing stripped CV joint bolts > > Anyone out there know of a tool for stuck/stripped/rounded out CV Joint > bolt? I'm swapping...
Re: CV joints
Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:45:13 -0600
...CV joints > >Thanks John, >That's pretty clever. >And at least you don't have to lay awake at night worrying about your CV...
Re: CV boot guards and Stone Deflectors?
Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
Tue, 3 Oct 2000 09:55:06 -1000
...into the joint. If you find a cut boot soon enough the CV joint will not be ruined... If you pay a mechanic to...
Re: CV Repair
Historical mailing list
Thu, 6 Apr 1995 10:45:17 -0300
...The joint will lock up and break, either the cap screws or the cage in the CV joint. Complete rebuilt and warranteed axles,( both...
Re: Front drive-shaft for synchro
Historical mailing list - Jeff Nelson
Tue, 4 Jan 2000 22:46:05 -0700
...This is much easier than disassembling your other good? CV joint. As Eric mentioned, you cannot just remove the entire CV joint and still...
Re: do bad CV joints click in a turn??
Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
Thu, 19 May 2005 17:30:28 -0700
...If you lean hard on the gas going up a hill, you should hear the CV joint noise if it is dying. -- Michael Snow...
Was cv joint question
Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
Thu, 17 Oct 2013 19:16:37 -0500
Hi gang! So I just finished changing all the cv joints. The drivers side seemed fine nice and tight with decent grease, the passenger...
Vanagon CV Joint Fasteners
Historical mailing list - Dave Arthur
Sat, 13 Dec 2008 20:30:31 -0400
I�m in the process of refurbishing my drive shafts and CV joints on my �86 (2.1 standard) Westy. I have new boots...
CV Help! update...
Historical mailing list - James Shinosky
Wed, 10 Jul 2002 20:27:45 EDT
I would like to take a minute to thank everyone on the Vanagon.com for helping me with my CV joint replacment in my...
Re: 12 Point CV Tool Size?
Historical mailing list - Bill Witz
Tue, 4 Dec 2007 20:06:18 -0500
Volks:Correct size is 8mm for bolts on cv joints. Bill Witz 84 westy
Re: (rear) cv joint
Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
Sun, 5 Mar 2006 10:45:13 -0500
...Re: (rear) cv joint > >>> > >>>When I was at skip barber, we rebuilt the cv's in all the cars at > >>>regular intervals as they...
Re: cv-joints: Constant Velocity Marihuana?
Historical mailing list - William Warburton
Fri, 8 Jul 94 10:32:36 GMT
...Alistair Bell (a fine Scots name :-) writes: > >flip the axles end for end so that the "other faces" of the cv joints > >are taking...
Re: CV greasing - not smooth when put back together :(
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Mon, 15 May 2017 14:23:18 -0700
When I had my '84 back in the '90's I asked the dealer about servicing the CV joints around 100k. Interestingly, they told...
CV joint or Axle Joint?
Historical mailing list - Timothy Crooks, RN,CDE
Thu, 21 Jan 1999 03:48:28 +1100
...Any way my question is, is the axle joint synomonous with the CV joint? My boot seems to be intact. Has anyone had this...
Re: Flipping Axles to Maximize CV Joint Wear
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 17 Mar 2013 01:19:13 -0400
...The explanation labelled the joints A, B & C, D. I've tried every combination of CV, joint, axle A, B, C & D to find...
Re: CV joint reversal?
Historical mailing list - Mike S
Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:51:18 -0500
...what about the amount of axial "bend", in other words, does the >CV joint up at the transaxle actually run at a more acute...
Re: separating CV from shaft
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Fri, 29 Nov 2002 12:03:22 -0800
When push comes to shove with CV joint removal, I use push and clamp the inner race in the vice with the shaft pointing...
Re: Rear spring question
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Fri, 17 May 2013 12:18:52 -0700
...It will only move so far before the CV joints bind. Loosening the CV bolts at the tranny end lets the axle get more...
Re: (rear) cv joint
Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
Tue, 7 Mar 2006 23:12:11 -0500
...Re: (rear) cv joint >>>>> >>>>> When I was at skip barber, we rebuilt the cv's in all the cars at >>>>> regular intervals as they...
Re: CV joints/Axle options
Historical mailing list
Thu, 14 Mar 2019 21:43:25 +0000
...CV joints/Axle options I have been selling GKN CV boots for many years. They are the best you can buy and will last...
Re: Cleaning CVs
Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
Mon, 27 Dec 1999 13:26:16 -0800
At 02:26 PM 12/27/1999 -0600, you wrote: >From: "Stuart MacMillan" <stuart@COBALTGROUP.COM> >> I have found that van CV joints are...
Re: CV Joint issues
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Fri, 17 Jun 2005 10:39:11 -0500
...CV Joint issues > Has anyone ever come across "stiff" CV joint? > I just installed brand new joints on both axles and after driving Vanagon...
Re: CV bolt rounded -- what to do?
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sun, 31 Dec 2023 19:15:40 -0600
...Remove the CV joint. Then drill a hole in the remaining dimple to fit your favorite thread extractor and have at it. Jim On...
'87 Syncro CV boot clamp gone
Historical mailing list
Tue, 15 Apr 1997 16:41:52 +0400
Hi folks, While swapping my winter tires for the summer set today I noticed one of the CV boots hanging half-off the joint...
Re: (rear) cv joint (again...)
Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
Fri, 10 Mar 2006 23:44:40 -0500
...Re: (rear) cv joint (again...) > > Hopefully this is my last question: > The lobro cv joints have two sides: on one side, the inner race...
Re: CV joint
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Sat, 14 Aug 2004 19:04:03 -0400
...joints FWIW, Lobro _is_ GKN. GKN is the parent company of Lobro and they have now taken to using that name on their CV...
Re: CV Experts, please help...
Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
Mon, 20 Aug 2001 09:12:18 -0400
...of the CV joint -keep hammering while rotating the shaft so that you are hitting all the way around the CV joint -don't...
Re: cv joints, sounds and other symptoms
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 29 Mar 1999 06:50:20 -0500
...I am familiar with the click sound that can come from cv joints going >bad (mine have been clicking for years) Has anyone out...
Re: CV bolt rounded -- what to do?
Historical mailing list - Karl
Sun, 31 Dec 2023 17:31:19 -0800
...On 12/31/2023 5:08 PM, Rick Cooper wrote: > Hi all, > > I've got a noisy CV joint and thought I would remove...
CV thrust washers
Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
Tue, 9 May 2006 21:45:43 -0700
...my CVs on the weekend, and neither had thrust washers on the inside, whereas the rebuilt drive shafts which I stole the joints from...
Re: syncro - front cv joint r&r
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:47:34 -0700
...syncro - front cv joint r&r >I have never done this on a syncro before... > > I need to replace torn boot on front right...
Re: separating CV from shaft
Historical mailing list - dr
Fri, 29 Nov 2002 13:47:22 -0500
...d Scott Terry wrote: > Hi, > > I'm servicing CV joints on my '85 rwd Vanagon. I have the driveshaft > out of > the van but...
Re: No Go on CV Boot R&R
Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
Thu, 4 Nov 2010 10:32:19 -0400
...Volkswagen has moved its CV joint manufacturing to China. So if you went to the dealer to buy an OE CV Joint you are...
Re: axle connected to hub bone?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 8 Aug 2009 13:22:06 -0700
That sounds like the outer CV joint came apart inside the boot. Especially if the large nut is still on the outer end of...
Re: cv joint
Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
Sat, 2 Dec 2000 17:24:29 -0500
...More recent CV joints have bolts with a 12 pointed star socket end (instead of the older allen bolts). You may need a special...
Re: Funny clunking noise
Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
Sun, 5 Aug 2001 19:23:36 -0700
Hi Pam, How many miles has it been since you serviced the CV joints on your van? Can't remember or don't know...
Re: CV joints - anyone tried these?
Historical mailing list - David Kao
Fri, 8 Jun 2007 09:37:40 -0700
--- mordo <helmut.blong@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > Has any one here used these CV joints? > > *http://tinyurl.com/268gf3* > > -- > mordo > 1990 Carat > I bought one...
Re: Manual Transmission Leaking at CV Joint
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:30:19 -0700
...I recently (about 6,000 miles ago) new Axles (Lobro CV Joints, rebuilt by GoWesty) on both sides. I did add CV grease to...
repacking CV joints
Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
Thu, 20 Nov 2003 09:04:45 -0800
82 air cooled Westy Hey folks, I am in the middle of pulling the rear axles and repacking/replacing the CV joints. So far...
Re: Best grease to use for CVs
Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
Thu, 27 Jun 2002 23:16:13 +0100
Gary, Thats garbage, 1) The UK Fish and chips are the best in the world, as with CV joints we've been addicted to...
Re: Didn't know there was two different CV joints.
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Wed, 22 Dec 2004 11:24:43 -0500
Yep. The CVs are different lengths between automatic and manual Vanagons...
Re: CV Joint questions and anwers anyone?
Historical mailing list - Bill N
Mon, 12 May 2003 06:37:32 -0700
...I have had CV joints turn up dry on several occasions, and I know they were heavily greased with the proper stuff. It is...
From CV joints to wheel bearings
Historical mailing list - Ian Cameron
Wed, 7 Jul 1999 16:53:51 -0700
Well - my CV joint problem is solved - it was a front wheel bearing. When the noise first manifested itself I jacked up the front...
worn cv joint symptom?
Historical mailing list - James Shinosky
Fri, 28 Jun 2002 00:59:33 EDT
...Is that a symptom of worn-out cv joint? Jim W88kender Los Angeles
Re: Was cv joint question
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
Fri, 18 Oct 2013 01:23:32 -0700
that's scary if two screws just pulled out, on one cv joint/flange , without unscrewing them. that would mean only four screws holding...
Re: Replacing CV joints
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Thu, 30 Dec 2004 17:26:39 -0500
...Mike > I've ordered CV joints for my 88GL and they won't show up till next week. > In > the mean time the weather...
Re: (rear) cv joint
Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
Fri, 3 Mar 2006 22:25:24 -0500
...com/cvjoints.htm Tom Carrington's web site > > and Ben Huot's additions to this at > http://www.benplace.com/cv_joint_maintenance.htm...
Re: CV Joint vs Wheel Bearing noises....?
Historical mailing list - jimt
Fri, 6 May 2005 21:39:39 -0600
...I >> suspect a CV Joint going bad...but what are the signs >> (noises) of a Wheel Bearing going bad? >> >> Cheers! >> Kevin >> >> __________________________________________________ >> Do You Yahoo...
Re: Replacing CV joints
Historical mailing list - Tom Salicos
Thu, 15 Sep 2005 05:20:03 -0700
...Replacing CV joints > I'm replacing my CV joints with LOBRO ones. Can anyone tell me please > whether the one groove or the three...
88 CV Joint ?s
Historical mailing list - Barry Mercer
Tue, 28 Aug 2001 17:14:24 -0400
...Maybe she is telling me its time to clean the CV joints. I had a look and found the outter boots and joints are...
Re: CV joints
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:08:44 -0500
...If I determine > the CV Joint is still good, I remove it from the axle, completely > disassemble it, clean it, repack it and install...