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• Re: Knocking sound in curve at rear inside wheel?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 5 Nov 1999 08:38:34 -0600
  Sounds like CV joints to me. May be time to replace. John Rodgers Marko Rosenfeldt wrote: > Hi there, > I have an '85 Vanagon 1...
• knocking sound???
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Mon, 29 Jan 2001 08:30:34 -0500
  I have heard some talk of CV joint making noises in the past. Recently my 2wd auto 86 gl westy has developed a knocking...
• 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 axle help for early m/t Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Alex MeVay
  Fri, 6 Dec 2019 10:08:05 -0500
  ...Thank you, good to know this is normal. > You may want to consider the 944 CV joints. > http://www.t3technique.com/suspension-and-drivetrain...
• Re: Fw: Heeeellllppp!!! (trans/final drive)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carrington
  Tue, 4 May 1999 15:21:50 -0400
  ...It sounds like a CV-Joint had broken, or the bolts that secure the CV joint to the drive flange fell/stripped out. Jed...
• Re: CV joint packing grease?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 6 Jan 2005 23:57:29 -0700
  ...Only time will tell whether that is true, but at least it is CV > joint-specific. Good luck. > > Warren Lail > 88 Westy "Billy Bones...
• 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...
• CV Joints - Syncro Front
  Historical mailing list - Kerry G. Stanley, SWPRD
  Tue, 12 Jul 1994 11:08:02 EST
  The front outer CV joints on the Syncros are completely different (and presumably more expensive). How easy are these to remove? The Bentley manual...
• Re: Can I still drive it?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Miller
  Sat, 13 Mar 1999 08:46:45 -0500
  Driving with a damaged front outer CV joint could leave you stranded on the roadside. BTDT, ain't gonna do that again! For tha...
• strange sounds flashing lights
  Historical mailing list - Richard Ferguson
  Tue, 5 Dec 2000 03:37:01 -0800
  ...that I thought might be a cv joint. Both drive axels and cv joints have been replaced in the last year, both have been...
• Re: CV installation
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Fri, 28 Feb 2003 14:10:49 -0700
  ...I recently had the "opportunity" > to replace one of my CV joints. Now getting it off the drive shaft was > relatively simple with a...
• Re: clamps for cv boots, ridged washers for cv bolts
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:50:28 -0700
  Must be why I just keep good CV joint boots in service. They don't make 'em like they used to apparently. Though I...
• Re: CV Joint Vibration
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Tue, 20 Mar 2007 09:47:25 -0400
  ...I still think it's the CV joints. > I'm fairly confident that I only had clean grease on the CV connection > point and...
• Re: CV joint repair?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 19 Mar 1999 17:56:42 -0700
  ...COM> Date: Friday, March 19, 1999 3:41 PM Subject: Re: CV joint repair? >Kenneth, > >Next time remove the transmission side cap screws, then...
• Re: Snow white nightmare/iMac/CV jointitis
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Sat, 6 Jan 2001 18:14:31 -0500
  ...bow, applause, bow, grin :-) Another way to reverse the CV joint wear without changing shafts is to remove and remount the CV joint backwards...
• Syncro Front CVs
  Historical mailing list - Markus Benne
  Thu, 8 Jul 1999 14:18:00 -0400
  ...CONSTANT VELOCITY JOINTS For Water-cooled Volkswagen GKN� CV joints replace originals perfectly 81ZX8566U CV Joint for 74-81 Dasher, 88-91 Fox, 85...
• Outer CV Joint
  Historical mailing list - David
  Thu, 11 May 2000 11:22:30 -0400
  I have removed MANY axles from jetta/sciroccos and replaced them as a unit and the individual CV joints. On my 82 Vanagon the...
• Re: CV Joint packing
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 6 Jan 2005 15:00:03 -0700
  ...might be a silly question but I will be packing a CV joint for the first > time and there has to be a better...
• Re: CV joints
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:29:25 -0800
  ...And I never have a CV joint >problem. Rob becida@comcast.net
• Web Page Update / Crew Cab update
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carrington
  Mon, 7 Dec 1998 16:25:23 -0500
  ...I finally finished the "how-to" article on servicing CV-Joints. I started this alsmost 2 years ago. Let's see...1 weekend to...
• CVJoint Remove prob./Strange Coolant drip
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Thu, 4 May 2000 02:57:30 -0700
  ...Was removing CV joints to replace with new ones and the inboard CV joint on the driver's side wouldn't shake loose after...
• Re: CV Joint Bolts in Portland OR
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:10:02 -0700
  ...CV Joint Bolts in Portland OR Where do folks buy their transmission-to-cv joint bolts in the Portland OR area? The high-strength...
• Re: CV lube helper
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Fri, 19 Feb 1999 17:55:05 -0600
  -------------------- Hi Robert and Volks, It is possible to drill and tap the cv joints as I described this morning. I had a lobro spare...
• Re: CV joint socket size?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sat, 12 Oct 2013 11:33:32 -0700
  ...CV joint socket size? >> >> My gkn lobro CV joints arrived today yay! One question do I use the grease >> they came with or upgrade...
• Re: CV Joint ?
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Fri, 3 Jun 2011 14:25:41 +0000
  ...I just did the CV joints on the right side of my van, using new CV's ordered from Van Cafe. They were VERY...
• CV bolt rounded -- what to do?
  Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
  Sun, 31 Dec 2023 17:08:40 -0800
  Hi all, I've got a noisy CV joint and thought I would remove and repair it today. But I managed to round off...
• Re: CV Joints
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 16 Aug 2004 18:26:46 -0500
  If there's nothing wrong with the CV joint, don't replace it just because the boot is bad. Just get the boot. And...
• Re: CV joint packing grease?
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Fri, 7 Jan 2005 00:28:13 -0600
  ...Only time will tell whether that is true, but at least it is CV joint-specific. Good luck. Warren Lail 88 Westy "Billy Bones...
• Cheap mechanics
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 16 Jun 2005 21:31:02 -0400
  You get what you pay for...A couple of years ago I failed Virginia safety inspection on the GoldBrick due to torn CV joint...
• Re: The Thompson Coupling
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 4 Dec 2007 09:25:20 -0700
  ...a stock lobro 930 cv joint, costing only about $60 and being readily available and easily able to support 400 BHP, can withstand an...
• Re: CV joint grease on tapered roller bearings?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 15 May 2009 19:37:25 -0700
  ...or knowledge of the dangers or benefits of using > molybdenum disulfide (CV joint) grease on tapered roller bearings such as > those found in the...
• cv joint questions
  Historical mailing list - Clay Moore
  Tue, 10 Dec 2002 20:42:56 -0700
  ...I think it must be the outer CV joint. i cant figure out what else it would be. question is, can it be lubed...
• Re: The Thompson Coupling
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 4 Dec 2007 00:33:42 -0500
  Yeah, something like that "Might" be the answer to grenading CV joints when trying to do wheelies in a turbo charged Subie SVX Vanagon...
• Re: CV joint boots
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 17 Aug 2021 00:31:02 +0000
  ...Many Vanagons are still running on the originals." For guys like Dennis H and Mark D and Stacey S and Alistair and others, CV...
• Re: Rounded CV joint bolts
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Fri, 20 Sep 2002 06:19:16 -0400
  ...Rounded CV joint bolts > So I decided it was time to repack the CV joints and replace the torn boots. > Got under the beast...
• Re: rear cv boots
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Thu, 27 Mar 2003 14:12:46 -0500
  ...Before using these, I have NEVER seen a CV joint fail if its boot was still intact. I have now replaced 3 joints that...
• Re: CV Joints knocking?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 30 Dec 2000 00:00:45 -0500
  If it's a CV joint (likely, I think) making noise internally, it can go for a lo-o-ong time before catastrophic failure...
• 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...
• Re: CV Joint Cleaning
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Fri, 21 Apr 2000 19:04:23 -0400
  ...21, 2000 7:05 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: CV Joint Cleaning > > OK Ya'll > Now that we've gotten so much...
• CV grease
  Historical mailing list - Anonymous Digest
  Wed, 16 Mar 2005 14:10:59 -0700
  CV joints come in a kit with a tube of grease for each one, which is all I have ever used. At the FLAPS...
• last call for axle cleaning suggestions
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Wed, 8 Mar 2006 20:11:09 -0500
  ...should I do anything to my transmission while I have the axles out? Wipe the grease away from the area where the cv joints...
• Re: CV joints - anyone tried these?
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Fri, 8 Jun 2007 20:10:46 -0700
  If you search the archive you will easily find lots of reports from people who had stripped CV joint bolts. There were so many...
• 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 separation from axle shaft; Lessons Learned.
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Thu, 25 Nov 1999 17:29:37 -0500
  I have heard that a wheel puller will do the job. Has anyone tried one? -Larry
• Fwd: Re: Service Interval, Real Wheel Bearings
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:53:40 -0500
  ...I always thought the >>passenger CV joints went first. Anyway, they called around for CV >>joints or axles.....no luck. Mechanic then thought to...
• 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: Rear End Clunk
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 8 Jul 2013 22:50:47 -0500
  ...It is an 84 Westfalia w/ AT, not driven much for three years. > > Several years ago I replaced CV joints, purchasing 2 "new" half...
• Re: CV joint BARBARIC handling info
  Historical mailing list - ARKADY MIRVIS
  Sun, 21 Mar 1999 06:22:27 -0800
  ...out for a great, fully illustrated guide on > how to change CV joints. The car in question is a Jetta, but the > principles are...
• Re: V Boot Replacement Tips and Caveats request
  Historical mailing list - Alan J. Flint
  Thu, 18 Nov 1999 07:40:21 -0800
  ...Alan. '81 Pickup 4 CV joints '87 Syncro Westfalia 8 CV joints (ouch) On Thu, 18 Nov 1999, Jeff Stewart wrote: > I have a...
• Re: CV joints
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:51:53 -0800
  ...But of the many cv joints I've seen ............most of the time they have over 60 or 80,000 miles on them anyway...
• When was the last time you re-packed your CV joints?
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Mon, 18 Oct 2021 08:49:04 -0500
  ...Thoughts and experiences? Now that I have stated this publicly, I realize that the CV joints are not long for this world. But I...
• Re: CV Joints
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Wed, 20 Jun 2012 02:44:36 +0000
  ...of my eye, does anyone know if there is an > inside > or outside to a cv joint. > Bob > 91 2.1 auto > Perkasie, PA
• 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...
• Vibration under acceleration - CV joints?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sat, 24 Sep 2005 10:07:32 -0700
  ...I'm guessing the only remaining culprit could be the CV joints, right? Is there a reliable way to find the worn joints without...
• 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: Criuse Control
  Historical mailing list - Greg Pratt
  Tue, 3 Dec 2002 08:34:19 EST
  I bought my Rostra from these folks, http://www.freehomepages.com/badgerstate/ Electronic unit with magnets mounted on CV joint. gp 87 syncro
• transaxle being rebuilt
  Historical mailing list - Polly
  Sun, 8 Jun 2008 09:43:09 -0700
  Just fishing for suggestions on maintenance stuff while the transaxle is out. Already doing CV joints, starter and boots. What else? TIA, Paul
• Re: CV Joints
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Thu, 24 Apr 2014 09:49:28 -0600
  A rule of thumb is that CV joints are not fast breaking parts. Even if they make noise you can usually drive quite a...
• Service Interval, Real Wheel Bearings
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:43:04 -0800
  ...Any advice?� I'm taking it in tomorrow.� My suspicion is CV joints...with no service on them whatsover, they've lasted 85,000...
• Re: CV Joints
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Mon, 28 Apr 2014 06:51:54 -0400
  ...The > synthetic grease won't dry out, and the moly withstands the pressure in a CV > joint. > > There have been discussions on the list...