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• Re: New owner questions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 23 Nov 2012 22:37:56 -0500
  ...With the arms disconnected from the ball joints check for smooth squeak free movement of the upper control arm bushings. Check the ball joints...
• Re: Ball Joints
  Historical mailing list - wb6otg
  Mon, 23 Dec 2002 13:56:00 -0500
  ...I'd replace the upper and lower ball joints, the tie rod ends, the steering rack boots (lube the rack as much as possible...
• Re: (rear) cv joint
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 5 Mar 2006 08:34:29 -0500
  ...does a nick in one of the balls mean that > >>> JOINT needs to be replaced? > >>> > >>> -Wes > >>> > >>> Wesley Pegden wrote: > >>> > >>>> Does a nick in one...
• Re: Top Ball Joint replacement
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:36:30 -0400
  ...It worked on the tie rod end and also to push the upper ball joint out of the spindle. Autozone seemed to have a...
• CV Joint installation on half shaft
  Historical mailing list - ThomasD. Hanlon
  Tue, 7 Dec 1999 04:25:06 -0800
  Listees, My busdepot.com CV joint order arrived today, 5 working days after I placed it, rural PA to desert CA. Near-perfect execution...
• Re: Lower Ball Joint Adaptor Questions (PICS)
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:49:35 -0500
  At 04:23 PM 1/28/2009, neil N wrote... >The lower ball joint adaptor is removed, and I need to drill out bolt...
• Re: CV anatomy
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 29 Aug 2009 19:02:21 -0400
  ...joint is correctly assembled when ball hub can be moved in and out, by hand, over full range of axial [in-and-out -- me...
• Re: Mirror replacement alternative: tightening (was Re: Truck Mirrors Installation - Pics Needed - Advice)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 29 Apr 2010 10:49:38 -0400
  At 04:39 AM 4/28/2010, Chris S wrote: >You may also use a thin flat rubber washer inside that ball joint to...
• Cleaning up CV joint for spare
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hersh
  Sun, 26 Jul 2015 09:38:08 -0700
  ...each ball go back into the same place... do I? I have four to choose from. Or should I leave the joint intact, clean...
• Upper & Lower Ball joints replaced...and worn out after one year!
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Wed, 5 Apr 2006 10:21:25 -0700
  ...I replaced upper & lower balljoints and control arm bushings on my 1990 Carat about a year ago with ones purchased from Bus Depot. I...
• Re: Mirror replacement alternative: tightening (was Re: Truck Mirrors Installation - Pics Needed - Advice)
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 28 Apr 2010 04:39:42 -0400
  You may also use a thin flat rubber washer inside that ball joint to help keep the mirror in place. If you tighten the...
• Re: FW: CV Joint Swapping
  Historical mailing list - Rusty Johnson
  Thu, 20 Apr 2000 22:42:47 EDT
  ...This means >that the CV joints would be wearing on the other side of the ball races. Almost >like having new joints. Should buy...
• 924 cv joints
  Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
  Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:03:49 -0700
  ...The biggest difference is that the balls in the Porsche joint are smaller. So here is the question for the experts: What determines the...
• Re: Front end suspension
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 12 May 2011 08:54:15 -0400
  Both of my lower ball joints needed replacing at around 170,000 miles. I have done both upper and lower myself. It's nothing...
• Re: CV greasing - not smooth when put back together :(
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 15 May 2017 14:42:14 -0400
  ...There's undoubtedly some damage to the ball, but any effect from that will show up down the road. A new Lobro joint has...
• Re: (rear) cv joint
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Fri, 3 Mar 2006 23:06:34 -0500
  a nick in one of the balls could mean that the associated bearing race (appropriate term?) is also damaged. sudhir On 3/3/06...
• Re: tightening floppy manual exterior mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Clint Kolda
  Sat, 16 Sep 2006 09:44:51 -0700
  I took mine apart and installed a rubber garden hose washer in the ball socket joint. this seems to work well even with cracked...
• Re: Lower Ball Joint Adaptor Questions (PICS)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:58:45 -0800
  On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 8:11 PM, pdooley <psdooley@verizon.net> wrote: > Hmmrph, > Time for the plasma cutter.. Yah! I'll go...
• Shift linkage repair
  Historical mailing list - Vanderzanden Michael (DC-LP/SAL-US)
  Sun, 11 Aug 2019 14:58:16 +0000
  ...Also, what is the easiest way to access the joint in question so the ball can be replaced? Is it just a matter of...
• CV anatomy
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:52:12 -0800
  How does one know if the ball cage is backward? I think I put the joint back together correctly, that is to say it...
• help needed re removal of ball and socket joint
  Historical mailing list - Judith Barr/Leo Girard
  Fri, 25 Jun 1999 21:45:42 -0400
  ...The old part was easy to remove EXCEPT for the @#$%& ball and socket at the rear end (near tranny). It is free-wheeling, loosely...
• Re: CV - Will it fit?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 8 Oct 2001 10:03:05 -0500
  ...NOTE----- Don't get the balls from one joint mixed with the balls from another joint. Keep each CV and its parts separate from...
• Re: Removing the top ball joint.
  Historical mailing list - Puzerewski
  Thu, 15 Jun 2000 09:01:03 -0400
  ...Thursday, June 15, 2000 4:10 PM Subject: [VANAGON] Removing the top ball joint. > Okay .. what's the secret here.... > > I've got one...
• Re: 251 711 167 E Boot
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Tue, 7 Oct 2003 09:26:28 -0700
  ...Then it goes up into a ball that is bolted to the tranny. it is this joint that i covered w/ an innertube. Got...
• Re: Front Brakes & Ball joint Q's [Syncro]
  Historical mailing list - Buettner, Peter
  Mon, 13 Mar 2000 08:29:51 -0800
  ...Front Brakes & Ball joint Q's [Syncro] Hey boys and girls - I am elbow deep into my front end refurbishment project and I have...
• Re: Failed Inspection- questions on rust and ball joints
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 14 May 2011 19:03:44 -0700
  ...On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Jim Arnott <jrasite@eoni.com> wrote: > Newton and it was an upper ball joint. > > And...
• Nothing to fear but car trouble itself
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 7 Jun 2007 22:06:54 -0700
  ...And so ordered a new upper ball joint that went bad in the first 500 miles , which will be here thanks to Carquest Friday...
• Re: Ball joints?
  Historical mailing list - Dan Moy
  Thu, 18 Sep 1997 08:45:40 -0400
  I had a similar problem with my 84 with 193K. It turned out to be the upper control arm bushings. I did not replace...
• Re: Front Inner Syncro CV Joints Question
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Wed, 7 Feb 2001 11:03:35 EST
  ...411's and 412's the bus joints fit them but the bus had bigger balls in the races. The bug/rabbit is the...
• Re: Ball joints - Pickle Fork?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Wed, 4 Jun 2003 19:47:31 EDT
  ...1 1/16" opening IT IS REAL EASY TO POP THE JOINTS out of the arms with these tools. Get a set cost is...
• Control arm bushings (front end madness)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Thu, 10 Apr 2003 20:33:35 -0700
  Well, It looks like the upper ball joints on the westy are kind of in need, and also the upper control arm bushings aren...
• Re: CV joint Ball Bearing (and Re: Front Glass)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 17 May 1996 11:13:47 -0800
  >>Todd, >> Thanks for the CV joint advice. I think I will go with a replacement >>ball instead of an entire joint. May I ask...
• CV Joint issues
  Historical mailing list - Leon
  Fri, 17 Jun 2005 08:12:52 -0700
  ...balls it became very hard to do so i left it alone.This joint is made by GKN with single groove.All those joints...
• Re: need to replace boot on steering rack
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 26 Aug 2024 14:56:25 -0500
  ...No need to unscrew ball joint > > You can get old and then new boot over the ball joint > > You’ll see rubber grommet at...
• Re: (rear) cv joint
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sat, 4 Mar 2006 19:30:59 -0500
  ...does a nick in one of the balls mean that > >>> JOINT needs to be replaced? > >>> > >>> -Wes > >>> > >>> Wesley Pegden wrote: > >>> > >>>> Does a nick in one...
• Re: Urgency of Upper Control Arm Bushing replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 6 Jan 2013 23:39:51 -0500
  I have yet to see the upper bushing themselves fail catastrophically but the upper ball joints can. An experienced shop should be able to...
• Re: (rear) cv joint
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 4 Mar 2006 11:03:40 -0600
  ...does a nick in one of the balls mean that >> JOINT needs to be replaced? >> >> -Wes >> >> Wesley Pegden wrote: >> >>> Does a nick in one...
• Re: Play in front wheels
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 3 Sep 2009 14:34:38 -0700
  ...there are various tricks for checking ball joint play - which is often masked by the angle of the hanging suspension. Better to check that...
• Re: Syncro ball joints-- Moug?
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Fri, 9 Jul 1999 07:56:44 -0400
  ...and for alignment. > > The mechanic strongly recommended replacing the left upper ball joint, and > I agreed to let him install a Moug brand part...
• Re: Lower Ball Joints!!!!!!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - John Wessels
  Fri, 2 Mar 2001 10:32:21 EST
  ...in the local San Francisco East Bay area could press the joints in. >> >> A repair shop with no press??? What else do they not...
• Re: Subject: German quality?
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Sat, 24 Aug 2013 23:12:34 -0400
  The last time I rebuilt the front suspension I used Lemforder and added grease fittings to ball joints and tie rod ends. In a...
• Re: Ball Joints/SOLD
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 3 Apr 1995 15:28:16 -0300
  > >makes for great reading tim s., but do we all need to see >this? ;) > > Your suitably humbled servant apologizes to all for this personal...
• Re: Upper ball-joint replacement how-to online
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Merrill
  Wed, 20 Jan 1999 12:13:38 -0800
  As far as FAQ's are concerned, what Tom does on his site is awesome. If Bentley could only have been so good to...
• Re: Still need help/ball and socket joint end of throttle cable
  Historical mailing list - Denis Mezihorak
  Sun, 27 Jun 1999 20:07:50 -0700
  ...Still need help/ball and socket joint end of throttle cable > Hi all > This must be either an insoluble problem or one so elementary...
• Re: Undoing the big nut on the upper ball joint - who knows how?
  Historical mailing list - Dan Andrews
  Sat, 27 Apr 2013 22:03:32 +1000
  ...Undoing the big nut on the upper ball joint - who knows how? There is absolutely no reason to disconnect the upper ball joint to...
• Replacing Upper Ball Joints - What else?
  Historical mailing list - dusty edwards
  Sun, 9 Apr 2006 23:25:25 -0600
  i've been meaning to get my '90 westy into the shop to have the upper ball joints replaced. i believe this is the...
• Re: Knocking noise
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 4 Dec 2004 07:03:54 -0800
  ...The wear is caused by the twisting force on the joint forcing the balls to ride on the same side of the groove whenever...
• Re: Bum CV joint summary.
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 22 Jun 1996 12:34:45, -0500
  ...found one blue ball even- put it all back with tons of grease and GOOD seals, and same cv joints are on the car...
• Re: (rear) cv joint
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sun, 5 Mar 2006 09:32:19 -0500
  ...does a nick in one of the balls mean that > > >>> JOINT needs to be replaced? > > >>> > > >>> -Wes > > >>> > > >>> Wesley Pegden wrote: > > >>> > > >>>> Does a nick in one...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon - lower ball joint
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Sat, 3 Nov 2007 17:44:27 -0400
  ...Good luck, Wes AAG - Larry Word wrote: > How is this ball joint replaced > -pressed in ONLY by hydraulic press/shop > -manually.... > > I've replaced...
• Re: New Ball Joints feel like I am driving on ice.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 18 Nov 2002 08:15:25 -0800
  Take it to your local alignment shop. The toe-in is toed-out. Jim James Wetzel wrote: > Dear List, > > The van now feels like...
• Re: CV joint reversal?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:03:06 -0800
  it's true that they wear one way from the balls pushing into the center part , and if you make them drive the other...
• Re: How to remove upper ball joint???
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sun, 16 Sep 2001 09:32:01 EDT
  ...A few turns and the joint pops out easily. The upper arm does not retain the spring, the body does, so no need to...
• Re: TIICO: cruise control/parts
  Historical mailing list - Cookson, Noel
  Thu, 20 Jun 2002 10:53:23 -0500
  ...I also purchased a 6mm metric grease fitting to use for the ball-joint ball. I plan on grinding off the nipple, filling the...
• Re: Upper Ball Joint Removal (!#$%^&)
  Historical mailing list - steve d
  Sun, 6 Oct 2002 08:16:22 +0100
  ...Upper Ball Joint Removal (!#$%^&) > In a message dated 10/6/02 12:24:38 AM, voicebox@DNAI.COM writes: > > << Ah, so you spend the...
• Re: Lower ball joint video's
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Sat, 19 Dec 2015 09:13:30 -0500
  ...I don't think you will find a video on the lower ball joints because I don't recommend that folks do them on...
• Re: Undoing the big nut on the upper ball joint - who knows how?
  Historical mailing list - Dan Andrews
  Sat, 27 Apr 2013 22:26:36 +1000
  ...Undoing the big nut on the upper ball joint - who knows how? Just out of curiosity, what type of wheels/wheel covers do you...
• Re: CV joint raceway opinion
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 27 Feb 2015 07:58:28 -0500
  ...All the balls look fine. I have no idea how many > miles > are on the joint. It is an OEM Lobro joint (VW Audi...
• Re: CV joints
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:32:17 -0600
  ...CV joints > > At 2/17/2008 09:07 PM,John Rodgers wrote: > >BTW, these balls ARE NOT interchangeable between bearing races. In > >fact, each...
• Re: Front tire wear
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:15:02 -0700
  re " Vanagons have > +4� positive caster, meaning the bottom ball joint is closer to the rear of the van than the top one is...