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• Re: Synchro to 2wd
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 6 Jun 2005 06:43:57 -0700
  The axle stub is of one piece with the outer section of the CV joint. The axle stub is splined and locks into the...
• Re: Help! Name this Mystery Part !!! :o)
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Wed, 5 Aug 2009 16:26:15 -0600
  Thank You Everyone !!! >they go in the center of the inner cv flanges on the transmission. recessed side inwards. >That's a manual transmission...
• CV joint gasket question
  Historical mailing list - Howard Fleming
  Tue, 21 Oct 1997 11:17:27 -0500
  Greetings all, I am in the process of cleaning and relubing the CV joints in the 84 Westy that my wife and I own...
• Re: CV anatomy
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:15:52 -0400
  Troy, I have been reassembling CV joints for thirty years without worrying about orientation (on any of the parts) and yet to have a...
• WTB; CV JOINT SPACER/
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Fri, 7 Aug 2009 14:41:14 -0600
  *http://tinyurl.com/nzxkr5* ** Hi All, I'm looking for a Pair of CV Joint Spacers (See Picture) If you've got a couple...
• Re: knocking sound???
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Tue, 30 Jan 2001 10:25:44 -0700
  ...Hillbish" wrote: > > Never done a CV, not really looking forward to it > either. > Paul, You might want to just swap the whole axle on...
• Re: CV clean & repack questions
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 17 Apr 2001 10:46:53 -0500
  Be shure that you purchase new socket head screws to install the new CVs. If anyone has ever been in there to replace the...
• Re: CV joint noise problem and simple greasing fix
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 8 Apr 2004 22:20:30 -0500
  ...CV joint noise problem and simple greasing fix I suspected a problem with my CV joints recently. The rear passenger side began to clunk...
• Re: help. noise from the rear/ CV Joint
  Historical mailing list - Puzerewski
  Sat, 24 Jun 2000 08:18:53 -0400
  ...noise from the rear/ CV Joint > >Sounds like a dry/bad CV joint- probably at the wheel rather than the > >trans. Check to see...
• FS Air Cooled Parts and Full Engines
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 25 Mar 2003 18:14:24 -0600
  Type IV air cooled engine parts, short blocks and full engines. --------------- Number 1-------------------------- 1) CV or GE series Stock crank, standard, will polish to...
• Re: 924 cv joints
  Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
  Thu, 13 Sep 2007 21:36:36 -0700
  ...Maybe the stock CV's are still good enough for this, I don't know. I should have measured the angle at full extension...
• Re: CV boot or axle?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 12 Apr 2009 10:59:54 -0700
  On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Edward Maikranz <maikranze@gmail.com> wrote: > I hate doing CV boots! I have only done...
• Re: Warnout Syncro CV joint WTB !!!!!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 27 Jul 1998 16:58:20 -0700
  You should be able to use Audi CVs for this as well. It wouldn't surprise me if any VW / Audi CV will fit...
• 80 axle & CV ?s
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Thu, 28 Sep 2000 08:21:36 MST
  At what point do I consider the CVs "pitted" by Bently. Mine have indentations (pitts) that are actually grooves from the BBs, and are...
• 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...
• Re: Book time for CV Joint work?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 25 Apr 2006 19:00:18 -0400
  ...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: replacement cv/axle assembly
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:15:48 -0600
  Go with the Lobro CV and new boots. Good German stuff. Dependable. Anything else is suspect. I like the very best on my van...
• Re: CV click?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 1 Aug 2006 05:43:15 -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 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 - Mike S
  Wed, 5 Dec 2007 08:32:01 -0500
  ...Independent suspensions are nice for >better traction, but they are not as strong as a solid axle because >of the CVs failing at high...
• help
  Historical mailing list - Mikey Jones
  Tue, 16 Sep 1997 23:15:35 -0400
  can anyone connect me with the CVA CT VW ASSOC. they don't answer there e-mail I paid to join the cva in...
• Re: ??? CV Joint Repair Boots ???
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Tue, 29 May 2001 13:53:04 EDT
  Are repair boots, i.e., replacement boots which are can be installed with the axles in place, made for the rear CV joints? If...
• Re: CV Joints
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 20 Jan 2003 13:44:25 -0600
  Ben McCafferty wrote: > In the meantime, I wanted to let > you know that CVs aren't as bad as everyone makes them out to...
• Re: CV Transmissions
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 13 May 2004 09:29:34 -0400
  On Wed, 12 May 2004, tmiller wrote: > Anybody try to put a Continuously Variable transmission in a vanagon? Does anyone make a CVT that...
• WTB: anybody have a CV joint plate?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:45:15 -0600
  I don't know what it is called, but there are three metal plates that go on each CV joint. Each has a hole...
• [NVC] Computers - and why your printer may not work
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:29:44 -0500
  Check it out! http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y20/PerthPurplePenguin/vids/?action=view&current=cvUMHvLZ.flv <http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y20/PerthPurplePenguin/vids...
• Re: Help! Name this Mystery Part !!! :o)
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Wed, 5 Aug 2009 22:14:53 -0700
  The Final Drive caps are to keep the 90 wt from getting into the CV Joints. Daryl of AA Transaxle (425) 788-4070 aatransaxle...
• Re: a (cv) day in the sun
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 Mar 1999 20:22:59 EST
  Usually CVs go on pretty easy. Are you sure you got the right ones? I have done a bunch of these and never have...
• Re: Vibration under acceleration - CV joints?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 25 Sep 2005 10:04:41 -0500
  Check the CV mount bolts for security. It any of them back off the CV's can make the vibration.throbbing you speak off...
• Re: clunking from CV????
  Historical mailing list - Casey H
  Fri, 4 Jun 2010 19:24:50 -0400
  ...i have deduced it to the CV's.. > > have any of you more expirenced guys found a CV can make a clunk when > starting...
• Re: CV joints..What to look at, how to tell...
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 21:02:40 -0700
  ...I guess you could also try to estimate how much mileage are on the > CV's. Bottom line, the clicking sound is the best...
• SF CV Update/Question
  Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
  Mon, 5 Oct 2009 10:42:36 -0700
  Got here with no problems after I greased (with no-name CV moly grease) and re-torqued (Torque wrench is part of my travel...
• Re: CV joints
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 1 May 95 21:11:00 EDT
  > Any experience/recommendations/options to rotate the CV joints > (inner/outer or right/left or both) or even left and right driveshaft > with CV...
• CV Grease Kits
  Historical mailing list - Inua
  Sat, 22 Oct 2005 12:24:51 -0500
  A while back someone posted a web site that had a grease kit for the CV's on the vanagons. Kit consisted of a...
• Re: Front drive-shaft for synchro
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Nelson
  Tue, 4 Jan 2000 22:46:05 -0700
  ...What happened to mine is that the outer CV joint cratered. This shattered the cage and allowed me to easily leave the outer CV...
• Re: need CV boot bolt spacers
  Historical mailing list - ThomasD. Hanlon
  Mon, 21 Feb 2000 07:19:47 -0800
  ...Williams, MD (laptop)" wrote: > > I just checked up under my Westie and noticed the "highly qualified > mecanics" who replaced my CV boots neglected to...
• Re: do bad CV joints click in a turn??
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Thu, 19 May 2005 17:30:28 -0700
  ...can you really tell > if CVs are going bad on a Vanagon/Bus by listening for clicking in a tight > turn? Thought this only...
• Re: CV Bolts
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 28 Apr 2006 06:15:16 -0400
  ...CV Bolts So, when I was removing my CV joints from my front diff and transmission, almost all of my bolts were of the...
• Re: cv joint tips
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 3 Jul 2008 18:53:27 -0400
  Many years ago my brother taught me a good way to ensure you've packed grease into a CV. Put the grease in on...
• Re: rotating cvs and axles from left to right
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 14 May 2002 21:05:22 -0700
  ...EITHER will reverse the direction of rotation and -- > supposedly -- extend the life of the CV. But if you do BOTH, each CV > will end...
• Re: OLDER VANAGONS AND SELF-RELIANCE
  Historical mailing list - Michael Nichols
  Sat, 18 Nov 2000 20:58:56 -0500
  ...These guys need to know that putting new CV's on a half axle is better than buying "rebuilt CV's already installed on...
• Re: greasing CV joints - Grease needle experience
  Historical mailing list - Phil Menchions
  Mon, 26 Nov 2001 10:52:23 -0500
  I use this needle to top up the CV joint grease almost every year. Instead of actually poking a hole through the CV boot...
• cleaning method/ was: CV joint BARBARIC handling info
  Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
  Sun, 21 Mar 1999 23:28:09 -0500
  ...He suggests spraying brake cleaner into the cv to remove the old grease. Even says do this over a neighbors yard, since it kills...
• Re: Dished Washer With New CV Joints?
  Historical mailing list - pat
  Sat, 25 Feb 2012 14:38:23 -0500
  Does this washer fit over the axle? Sometimes those are used to take up slack and prevent the CV joint from sliding on the...
• Re: CV star head bolts
  Historical mailing list - Tom Salicos
  Mon, 9 Jul 2007 15:19:28 -0800
  ...CV star head bolts > > > >can someone please confirm the bit for the star headed bolts > >on cv joints? > >is it a torx 40? > > > > > >thanks...
• Re: cv joint tips
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 2 Jul 2008 16:13:22 -0700
  ...Dose anyone have any tips? This will not be > my > first cv repacking, but a first on a Vanagon. Thanks! > > Brendan Slevin > 84 GL...
• CVJ gaskets;
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:29:04 -0600
  Hi All What's the consensus on using gaskets on the CV's? Both ends; both sides, Syncro front outers? All of them I...
• CV JOINTS; IS THERE A INSIDE/OUTSIDE DIFFERENCE?
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Wed, 24 Jul 2002 19:40:22 EDT
  I am installing new CV`s. One side has a groove machined into it about 1/4 inch from one end. Does it matter...
• Book time for CV Joint work?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Lund
  Tue, 25 Apr 2006 15:39:39 -0700
  Does any body know the book time to inspect, clean, repack and replace the boots on CV Joints? Regards, Todd __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired...
• CVjoints or???
  Historical mailing list - Rob MacLeod
  Sat, 3 Oct 1998 14:07:18 -0600
  ...Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute (CVRTI) Building 500, University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 ____ __o Internet: macleod@cvrti.utah...
• Re: Home made Syncro 16" trailing arms???
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Thu, 11 Feb 1999 17:47:08 -0800
  ...From setting up off road race cars and Bajas I have found that if the distance between cvs is off that much from the...
• Re: rear cv boots
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Thu, 27 Mar 2003 14:12:46 -0500
  ...I couldn't even buy a CV joint locally. Bill -------------------------- After having done a few CV repacks and boot replacements, I've found that...
• Re: parts
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Fri, 19 Sep 2003 09:23:24 -0700
  ...Z --- Jason Willenbrock <pooncerelli@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: --------------------------------- aren't manual transmission rear cv axles the same as the auto transmission? just curious because i...
• Re: CV bolt rounded -- what to do?
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Sun, 31 Dec 2023 17:31:19 -0800
  If you have a triple-square bit for the newer CV bolts, tap it into the allen head bolts, it will create enough spline...
• Re: Average Cost
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Mon, 9 Jun 2014 16:49:54 -0700
  I would say 60-90 minutes each side for the cv joints...so two-three hours for both sides.� This assumes something will not...
• advice for CV R&R on Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Loretta Abbott-Kennon
  Wed, 9 Jan 2002 01:15:57 EST
  ...I have read the Bentley, general CV joint description in an auto shop textbook, the idiot book and cvjoint tech info on relitech. Here...
• CV install HELP!!
  Historical mailing list - Chris Renz
  Sat, 13 Jan 2007 16:35:27 -0600
  81 ac vanagon, replacing one bad CV with a rebuilt drive axle with the two new CV's already installed. greased up the replacement...
• Re: CV replacement questions
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 18 Jun 2011 12:50:33 -0700
  Hello Carl, The CV boots should be the same size as the stock manual trans CV boots in regular Vanagons. There are some models...
• 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...
• Play in the CV Joints
  Historical mailing list - Matt Barclay
  Fri, 8 Jul 2005 17:25:13 -0700
  ...never buy CV Joints from Autozone. They seemed fine out of the box, but once installed made a horrible grinding noise during left turns...