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• Dished Washer With New CV Joints?
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sat, 25 Feb 2012 17:55:25 +0000
  Hello All, Got the last of the old bolts out and the axle is off, new CV joints ready to go on...kit has...
• Re: Warnout Syncro CV joint WTB !!!!!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 27 Jul 1998 16:58:20 -0700
  ...Without the Front CV joint the front wheel bearings get >crushed. I would gladly pay shipping. > > Eric 86-VW4x4 > vw4x4@fyi.net 72-240z...
• Re: Snow white nightmare/iMac/CV jointitis
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Sat, 6 Jan 2001 15:19:02 -0500
  ...Snow white nightmare/iMac/CV jointitis > Stephen Steele wrote: > > > My local VW gurus > > recommended just turning the half shafts around (end for end) and...
• CV joints - anyone tried these?
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Fri, 8 Jun 2007 13:53:22 -0500
  ...CV joints - anyone tried these? To: mordo <helmut.blong@gmail.com> I have four of them for spares, but haven't installed them yet...
• CV joints
  Historical mailing list - freeholder bill
  Sat, 6 Dec 1997 09:29:15 -0700
  Well, my rebuild kits are in and I am going to remove my cv joints and see if I can fix them up. They...
• CV joint socket size?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Fri, 11 Oct 2013 12:10:25 -0500
  Hi all! My cv joints should be here today or tomorrow and I forgot to get the right size tool to remove them, I...
• Re: 82 diesel Westy
  Historical mailing list - Trooz
  Sun, 15 Dec 2002 09:39:57 -0800
  ...In my case it turned out to be a CV joint. New CV joints, no problem. Bob Trousdale '90 Westy
• Re: SF Bay Area CV Joint for Sale?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:45:00 -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...
• CV axel repair
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Thu, 13 Apr 2006 14:35:21 -0700
  ...I type in CV or CV joint or CV axel and I get nothing.Can someone please tell me of a couple of sites...
• Re: sound of CV's?
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Fri, 13 Apr 2001 16:06:04 -0400
  ...sound of CV's? > Do CV joints make a sound when they're going bad? I've heard a bad one in my > rabbit...
• Re: When was the last time you re-packed your CV joints?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 18 Oct 2021 09:18:15 -0700
  ...called CV-2, a stinky muddy-looking heavy grease. It got me wondering when > was the last time I packed my axle joints because...
• Re: Wheel bearing vs. CV joints
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Fri, 3 May 2002 14:37:14 -0700
  ...you can't really hear it with the radio on.) > > I'm thinking either wheelbearing or CV joint. Is there an easy way to...
• Re: separating CV from shaft
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 29 Nov 2002 20:02:07 -0600
  ...2) Stand the axle on it's end, CV joint end down, against a 2"X4" block of wood solidly braced by a concrete...
• CV grease type?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Perry
  Sat, 20 Mar 1999 18:34:18 +0100
  Quick one... Can I use standard extreme pressure (EP2) bearing grease in my Syncros front CV joints. Dave Perry 87 Syncro [text/html]
• Re: Using wire ties on CV joint boots?
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Brandt
  Mon, 31 Jan 2000 17:52:36 -0600
  On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, John-Reed Maffeo wrote: > Has anyone tried using wire ties on CV joint boots as a temporary > or permanent...
• Re: CV Joint Removal (OK, we go back to the topic)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 11 Aug 94 12:52:42 CDT
  ...the 71 bus cv-joints were very tight on the axles. the 80 bus was so-so: you could pull them off easily, but...
• Re: Grinding While cornering, now cv joints,
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 26 Apr 2004 07:50:01 -0500
  ...Checked all the other bearings >and ball joints and everything seems fine. No I am wondering if a cv joint >was either warn out...
• Re: CV lube helper
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Fri, 19 Feb 1999 09:33:16 -0600
  ...I think it might be possible to use a dremel tool to groove the cv joint where it mates to the flange. Groove it...
• Re: sound of CV's?
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Fri, 13 Apr 2001 16:34:19 -0500
  ...sound of CV's? > Do CV joints make a sound when they're going bad? I've heard a bad one in my > rabbit...
• Re: When was the last time you re-packed your CV joints?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 18 Oct 2021 11:54:15 -0400
  ...called CV-2, a stinky muddy-looking heavy grease. It got me wondering when > was the last time I packed my axle joints because...
• Re: cv-joints: Constant Velocity Marihuana?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 08 Jul 94 09:45:11 CDT
  ...to strongly recommends repacking >all CV joints every 30,000 miles, especially for the Vanagon. He claims the >joints will last almost indefinitely when...
• Re: My first Subi ride
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Thu, 3 May 2007 19:17:58 -0700
  ...Patton <jondpatton@hotmail.com> wrote: > A CV joint for 39.95, > a speedometer cable for 29.95, > your wife holding the speedometer cable and...
• Re: need input on confusing CV joints...
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Thu, 9 Mar 2006 00:31:39 -0500
  Sometimes CV joints get assembled improperly. Look at the right up on Tom Carrington's web page and the pictures. He explains in detail...
• SF Bay Area CV Joint for Sale?
  Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
  Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:23:50 -0700
  > Cunegonde may need a new transmission-end passenger side CV joint. > She has a 1.9l wasserboxer with a 4-speed transmission. The bolts...
• Re: CV Repair
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Wed, 5 Apr 95 17:12:03 PDT
  > The joints can be purchased for $50-60 and good german CV boots are about $15.00. It's a messy job, if you...
• 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...
• Fwd: Re: need input on confusing CV joints...
  Historical mailing list - Craig Morton
  Thu, 9 Mar 2006 07:41:12 -0800
  ...need input on confusing CV joints... >Sometimes CV joints get assembled improperly. Look at the right up on >Tom Carrington's web page and...
• CV Joint issues
  Historical mailing list - Leon
  Fri, 17 Jun 2005 08:12:52 -0700
  Has anyone ever come across "stiff" CV joint? I just installed brand new joints on both axles and after driving Vanagon noticed "pulsed" power...
• Re: CV joints/Axle options
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Tue, 12 Mar 2019 14:27:00 -0400
  ...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: CV joint boots
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 16 Aug 2021 17:03:57 +0000
  "For all the single points of failure that leave you on the roadside the CV joints are amongst the last part I would carry...
• Re: CV Joint Vibration
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:27:24 -0400
  ...grab the cv axel and move it in and out. I guess I mean back and forth between the two joints, about an inch...
• Re: Clunking sound
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Sun, 23 Dec 2007 15:47:01 EST
  I had the exact same symptom and replaced the CV joints, transmission (for other reasons) and rear wheel bearings and nothing has changed. I...
• Re: CV joint repair american way.
  Historical mailing list - Eckie Prater
  Sun, 21 Mar 1999 07:41:58 -0600
  I think I remember over on the 'other list'(Type 1 or Type2) that the CV joint "allen" head bolts on those vehicles are...
• Warnout Syncro CV joint WTB !!!!!
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Mon, 27 Jul 1998 12:26:04 -0400
  Anyone have any (bad) outer front CV joint they would like to put to good use. I have a Syncro that I need to...
• New CJVs: How stiff is TOO stiff?
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Tue, 25 Oct 1994 12:00:56 -0700 (PDT)
  Hello all! I've been doing work on my CV joints, replacing boots, greasing, etc. as suggested by Joel, Mike, and others. Lucky thing...
• Re: CV joint raceway opinion
  Historical mailing list - Jon VO
  Fri, 27 Feb 2015 08:45:05 -0700
  ...Inspected the outer CV joint and found that it has one pit mark on > one of the races. No other pits. There is no...
• 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: Swing Axle Boot Leak Question - the only Swing Axle 88 Vanagon in existence
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:44:14 -0800
  ...The 'right repair' is remove that whole axle, inspect CV joints for looseness and not having enough grease, re-lube or replace joints and...
• Re: Help removing stripped CV joint bolts
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 10 Dec 2006 22:28:16 -0600
  ...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 lube helper
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Fri, 19 Feb 1999 16:41:24 -0500
  ...But MY main objective is 8 CV Joints done in an afternoon with little mess during service.... of course after these things get over...
• Re: CV joint reversal?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:56:33 -0500
  ...http://speedwagen.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-to-clock-vw-cv-joint.html and also section 5.2 here: http://www.ratwell.com/technical...
• Re: Still Confused about Syncro CV Boots
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 12 Feb 2001 14:06:39 -0800
  ...However I am actually more confused now. > I have > found that the front inner CV joint is the same as the rear CV joint...
• Re: tranny mount and CV-joint bolt questions
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Mon, 8 Nov 2004 10:00:55 -0600
  ...Stripping the inside of one of the inner CV joint bolts is your second -to-worst nightmare. Stripping the inside of the outer CV...
• (no subject)
  Historical mailing list - Robie Pierce
  Sat, 3 Aug 2002 14:14:14 -0400
  ...Could this be a cv joint, or universal ? I'd look myself but restrained in a wheelchair. How much $$ to do CV joints? Thanks...
• CV Joints-DONE! Next!
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sat, 25 Feb 2012 20:40:25 +0000
  Finished up replacing the CV joints on the left axle today on my '85 Weekender, but <sigh> we know as Vanagon owners we're...
• Re: Best grease to use for CVs
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 27 Jun 2002 11:07:42 -0500
  ...Use CV-joint grease -- it's very special (nasty) stuff loaded with lead. LEAD = Graphite Its just plain old vanilla stuff. The only thing...
• Re: When was the last time you re-packed your CV joints?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 18 Oct 2021 16:41:27 +0000
  ...brand new ready-to-go half-axle inside; top quality, Lobro CV joints.  I do some long roadtrips.  Just for peace of mind.  Cross...
• Re: No Go on CV Boot R&R
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 4 Nov 2010 09:34:02 -0400
  ...If the CV joint goes long enough with a badly torn boot, then dirt and foreign objects can get in and grease can leak...
• Re: CV joints
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:32:17 -0600
  ...I worried not, though, because I had foreseen this event and was prepared with four brand new "OEM" CV joints with hardware. Upon removal...
• Re: CV Joint Vibration
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Tue, 20 Mar 2007 09:47:25 -0400
  ...Also, if they > are clean, > moving smooth (CV movement), swap them: > http://www.benplace.com/cv_joint_swap.htm > > Something is wrong, good CV...
• Re: Cleaning CV
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:14:41 -0500
  ...Three CV joints will fit > in one can. Put them in the cans carefully to keep the joints intact and > cover them with lacquer...
• Re: Mike B's Method For Removing Outer CV Joints
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:50:16 -0800
  ...it's a lot, lot harder on the outboard CV joint screws of course .. but I have done many that way. on the inners...
• Re: CV Experts, please help...
  Historical mailing list - patrick paul clerkin
  Sun, 19 Aug 2001 20:05:43 -0500
  ...joints off. /Patrick On Sun, 19 Aug 2001, van man wrote: > Hi, > > Yesterday I attempted my first effort ever at > servicing my CV joints...
• Re: cv joint bolts?
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly
  Mon, 28 Jul 2003 18:07:30 -0600
  we have some very nice 12 point EXTERNAL serrated CV bolts, that use a conventional 12pt socket. Much easier IMO. John Aircooled.Net Inc.
• Re: CV joint question
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Fri, 16 Aug 2002 12:15:34 -0400
  ...CV joint question > >I am about to install a new inboard CV joint. The new joint I got >from VW is incredibly tight/stiff...
• Re: CV Joint ?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 2 Jun 2011 23:01:28 -0700
  here's how I check CV joints, even if they had blue balls previously. one ...like you did Don ..check that the axle slides...
• Syncro front CV failure? Loud clanging from the front:(
  Historical mailing list - John-Reed Maffeo
  Mon, 17 Jan 2000 10:43:24 -0700
  ...Can anyone confirm that this is a CV joint gone bad and if so any tips on fixing it. If not a CV joint...
• Re: CV bolts and DPO mechanics
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:31:12 -0600
  ...If they were > all loose, surely I would have heard the horrible rattling noise of a loose > CV joint. Instead, that ONE tight bolt...
• cv joints
  Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
  Mon, 3 Sep 2007 22:00:31 -0700
  ...I haven't measured but I assume that is getting close to the limit of what the stock CV joints can do. Anyone know...
• CV Joints
  Historical mailing list - Ian Allan
  Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:33:40 -0400
  ...Tomorrow I need to undo the CV joints i my 85. They are now soaking in penetrating oil. The socket head cap screws look...