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Re: a lot o' goop about grease!
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
Mon, 14 Sep 1998 04:02:43 -0700
...Sta-Lube makes a "CV Joint Grease" (Product No. 3174) specifically for CV joints (although the MOLY-GRAPH tube says it is suitable for...
Re: Regreasing my CV's. Flip driveshafts on reinstall good idea?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:43:07 -0700
...The XZN has sharper corners to resist rounding. >> >> Here is the CV tool version, the longer thin shank helps >> clear the CV >> boot on...
Re: CVs and bolts and washers, oh my
Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
Wed, 16 Mar 2005 19:31:19 -0500
...i have yet to take apart a cv joint that had bolts that were seized from rust. usually the grease penetrates/leaks over time...
Re: CV Joint Wear
Historical mailing list - Mike
Sun, 12 Oct 2008 09:09:34 -0400
...CV Joint Wear > OK, I finally got into my CV joints. Took them out and cleaned them up in > the parts washer. I had...
Re: CV joint bolt lock washers
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Wed, 14 Jun 2017 08:56:01 -0700
...CV joint bolt lock washers Maybe got the Bolts from the wrong supplier ~ http://www.t3technique.com/suspension-and-drivetrain/drivetrain-parts/cv-joi...
Re: CV Joint Question--Ben McCafferty
Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:32:50 -0600
> Read this article http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_16_9/cv_joint_maintenence.html > gives a good picture about what's...
Regreasing my CV's. Flip driveshafts on reinstall good idea?
Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:55:50 -0700
I'm about to give the CV's new grease and boots. Did it last in '98 when swapping in the 1.9TD engine...
CV Joint separation from axle shaft
Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
Thu, 25 Nov 1999 12:24:19 -0800
Listees, In the process of replacing a torn CV joint boot, I have removed the half shaft from the rear suspension. I am ready...
Re: CV Grease
Historical mailing list - Roger VanTill
Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:33:33 -0400
...Got some sorry looking dried up CV's. On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 3:32 PM, Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@gmail.com> wrote: > OK...
Do 930 CVs fit Porsche G50 trans?
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Tue, 17 Oct 2000 22:11:06 +1200
Anyone out there know whether Porsche 930 CVs fit the G50 transmission flanges? My trans supplier in Germany doesn't seem to know what...
Re: Book time for CV Joint work?
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
Tue, 25 Apr 2006 15:51:45 -0700
...Book time for CV Joint work? Does any body know the book time to inspect, clean, repack and replace the boots on CV Joints...
Re: need input on confusing CV joints...
Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
Thu, 9 Mar 2006 14:21:34 -0500
...Neither automatic CV axles is the same length as the manual ones. One is longer and one is shorter. The automatic CV's would...
GoWesty Vehicle Speed Sensor Kit
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 9 Dec 2022 15:45:33 +0000
...Vehicle Speed Sensor Kit (CV Joint) - GoWesty<https://gowesty.com/products/cv-vehicle-speed-sensor-kit> Dennis
CV joint preference?
Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
Fri, 6 Sep 2013 11:23:46 -0500
HI Volks! I was wondering with the multiple brands of CV joints out there, which is the most preferred? The OE German made ones...
Re: CV joint installation question.
Historical mailing list - Ben huot
Thu, 22 Aug 2002 01:55:53 -0400
Check my site and have some dirty fun!!! http://pages.infinit.net/engine/cv_joint_maintenance.htm Cheers, Ben (new owner of a 1973...
Re: Knocking in the Wheel Well
Historical mailing list - John McLean
Tue, 23 Jul 2002 20:15:24 -0700
The first place I would look would be the CV joints. Bad CV joints will knock under various conditions such as turning either right...
Re: need help identifying cause of noise
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:28:30 -0700
...I do think the small package of grease that comes with a CV joint kit .........isn't enough for one CV joint. I have...
Re: Errors in CV Rotation Article at Volkscafe website
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Sat, 4 Dec 2004 09:02:45 -0800
...Your hands and fingers outside the tube represent the outer part of the CV joint. Now imagine one hand as the CV joint on...
Re: cv joints, sounds and other symptoms
Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
Mon, 29 Mar 1999 18:43:36 -0600
> 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: Using wire ties on CV joint boots?
Historical mailing list - andrew swingler
Mon, 31 Jan 2000 14:59:00 -0800
...They take seconds to install and seconds to snip off. (the cv joints are not so strong..) No problems so far with heat and...
Re: CV questions (searched archives...some ;) possible air cooled mod too!
Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
Wed, 30 Aug 2006 13:06:09 -0400
...http://volksweb.relitech.com/cvjoints.htm also look at Ben Huot's page on this repair which expands on Tom's page: http://www...
Re: CV questions (searched archives...some ;) possible air cooled mod
Historical mailing list - neil
Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:12:04 -0400
...Of course all the CV's will go on after I finish putting in the new hi pressure fuel lines, hoses, plugs, points, and...
Re: CV joint question and success!
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Mon, 17 Jul 2023 18:35:05 -0700
http://www.outfrontmotorsports.com/cv_assembly.htm On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 6:11 PM Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote: > OH boy...
Re: Upgraded CV joints (was $80 taps)
Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
Tue, 14 Apr 1998 20:54:32 -0800
...If you sit a type one bug cv, type two bus cv, and a 930 cv side by side you will see the 930...
Re: (rear) cv joint
Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
Fri, 3 Mar 2006 23:06:34 -0500
...The second expands on the first. > > Pictures and explanation of how to know you reassembled them correctly. > > > > http://volksweb.relitech.com/cvjoints.htm Tom...
CV knock off and on
Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
Thu, 15 Oct 2026 11:59:04 +0000
...On a hundred mile round trip had what I think is a CV knocking on right side . Started as a small tapping and then...
Cv joint recomendations
Historical mailing list
Wed, 30 Jul 2014 17:29:24 -0700
Any tips on which cv joints to avoid? Favorites? I've wentbthrough more than seems appropriate, will be replacing w four German (gky?) Ones...
Re: New Type of CV Boot Available - 10 Minutes and boot replaced
Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
Wed, 7 Apr 1999 18:42:08 -0500
...Marshall Ruskin 84 Westy >ed. >> >>The boot is only good for outer CV joints, and will work with a huge number >>of vehicles. I...
Re: CV joints
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:51:53 -0800
...On perfect CV's there would be zero play. Doing it this way any rotational play is the sum of both CV's of...
CV questions (searched archives...some ;) possible air cooled mod too!
Historical mailing list - neil
Tue, 29 Aug 2006 22:36:46 -0400
...thus didn't mark the position of parts on CV's I removed. This is not urgent, as I am installing new CV's...
CV reversibility?
Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
Thu, 11 May 2000 08:38:12 MST
My CV (80 Westy) fell apart in my hands (main metal round piece and ball bearings held in it) last night while I was...
CV thrust washers
Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
Tue, 9 May 2006 21:45:43 -0700
I replaced two of my CVs on the weekend, and neither had thrust washers on the inside, whereas the rebuilt drive shafts which I...
Re: CV boot problem repair problem continued
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Mon, 15 Aug 2016 19:38:17 -0700
Never seen a split IRS CV joint boot. Swing axle used such things, but (like I said) I’ve never seen such a critter...
Re: worn cv joint symptom?
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Fri, 28 Jun 2002 00:20:40 -0500
...If you think its the CV after that check, drive close beside a wall and listen to see if you hear clicking in the...
diagnosing CV Q's
Historical mailing list - Michael Rule
Mon, 29 Nov 2004 12:27:51 -0800
Hi All, question regarding possibly failing Vanagon (et al) CV's: Would a CVjoint on it's way out vibrate at higher speeds, perhaps...
Re: SF Bay Area CV Joint for Sale?
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
Thu, 1 Oct 2009 14:58:57 -0700
...SF Bay Area CV Joint for Sale? > >> Cunegonde may need a new transmission-end passenger side CV joint. >> She has a 1.9l wasserboxer...
Re: CV Joint packing
Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
Thu, 6 Jan 2005 14:09:56 -0800
...After I bolt the cv up to the axle stub/transaxle, I push the boot toward the joint and force the grease into it...
Re: CV click?
Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
Tue, 1 Aug 2006 01:14:53 -0400
...CV click?? One way to test to see if CV's have reached their wear limits is to get into a large empty parking...
Re: CV joints
Historical mailing list - neil N
Sun, 17 Feb 2008 12:16:54 -0800
...Using a Pittman puller to pull off CV. Glad to know the (right sized) Pittman puller works. Did you use the 1- 5/16...
Re: CV joint rotation ?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 23 Jul 2001 11:16:26 -0400
...But, you must realize, switching the CVs is a temporary >solution. I have found that once the CV's start clicking, its only a...
Re: CV Joint failure - New or Rebuilt?
Historical mailing list - Jim Kennedy
Tue, 20 Jul 2004 11:00:57 -0700
I recently tried remanufactured CVs in my '87 and it was a nightmare. I'll spare the details (quality issues). As we know, swapping...
Re: request CV joint knock diagnosis confirmation
Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
Mon, 19 Dec 2005 19:01:38 -0600
...If you haven't regreased the CV joints in the last >30Kmiles, you might as well just pull them off and clean the grease...
Re: CV joint reversal?
Historical mailing list - Mike
Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:24:57 -0500
Yes, you can flip the CVJ's over, even though they have an axle side and a hub side. There's a groove scribed...
Re: Cleaning CV
Historical mailing list - neil n
Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:24:21 -0700
...For those who wish to add blue Loctite to the CV bolt threads..... Would applying Loctite to the bolt holes, instead of the bolt...
Re: CV advice needed
Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
Tue, 26 Nov 1996 19:59:27 -0800
...Barring using the $$ VW stuff, use FLAP's Molybdendium DiSuphide designated for CV joints preferably CV Moly specified for truck or farm equipment. Larry...
Re: CV Joint separation from axle shaft
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Thu, 25 Nov 1999 14:11:35 -0800
...The Haynes technique certainly works, and I'll bet it's the most commenly used tecnique, even by the "pros." Have the CV joint...
Re: bad cv knocks going straight?
Historical mailing list - zolo
Fri, 13 Aug 2004 00:01:07 -0700
...I > suspect a bad CV. The knock slows and speeds according to the bus speed. It > knocks when going straight I thought CVs knock...
CVs and bolts and washers, oh my
Historical mailing list - Anonymous Digest
Tue, 15 Mar 2005 07:49:14 -0700
Do the CV bolts require lock washers? Locktite? I seem to recall reading about both of these once or twice. None of my CV...
Re: CV Joint Bolts
Historical mailing list - Tom Smith
Tue, 29 Aug 2000 22:21:17 EDT
CV joint bolts don't take 'Allen' wrenches, but a 6 mm 12 point capscrew bit. Sort of a special tool which can be...
Website For CV Joint Installation
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Wed, 31 Dec 2003 07:58:49 -0600
Can anyone point me to the web site(s) that shows how to do the installation of the CV's for the Vanagon?? Would...
Re: CV GREASE?
Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
Tue, 22 Jun 1999 14:59:00 -0500
...CV GREASE? > Hi Volks, > > I'm about to grease the cv joints. Bentley says use "G-6.3" > Conventional wisdom says to use a...
Re: Source for reliable axle assemblies
Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
Fri, 9 Jan 2015 20:30:16 -0700
Dennis Haynes wrote: > While not the lowest cost option especially with the added labor I try to > push getting new quality CV joints and...
Re: CV Joint failure - New or Rebuilt?
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Tue, 20 Jul 2004 14:08:53 -0500
As long as your CVs don't have broken bearing cages and both the inner and outer drives are unbroken you can easily get...
Re: 924 cv joints
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Thu, 13 Sep 2007 22:30:42 -0700
...I suppose with enough pressure or heat ,the CV joint will come off.....but .... Scott www.turbovans.com -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List...
Re: CV click?
Historical mailing list - neil
Tue, 1 Aug 2006 03:08:37 -0400
...CV click?? > > One way to test to see if CV's have reached their > wear limits is to get > into a large empty parking...
Re: Need size of CV bolt socket tool...12 pt 6mm???
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Fri, 19 Jan 2001 18:59:06 -0700
...Need size of CV bolt socket tool...12 pt 6mm??? > i need the size of the socket that will remove the CV axle bolts...
Re: CV joints
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:08:44 -0500
...I always make sure that the balls go back into the same CV ... but not into their original slots. That practice has never given...
Re: No Go on CV Boot R&R
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Thu, 4 Nov 2010 09:34:02 -0400
> I noted that my front CV boots were shot so I bought boots > (expedited shipping) from Bus Depot and took them to my > normal...
Re: CV boot problem repair problem continued
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Mon, 15 Aug 2016 19:00:42 -0400
...Be very careful not to let the CV fall of or the center of the CV slide out because the bearing will also fall...
Re: Didn't know there was two different CV joints. - Figured Out
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Wed, 22 Dec 2004 20:46:53 -0600
...412 cv's >have a different part number than Type 2 cv's, but they look identical. >Maybe the spline count is different? > >Tim...