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• Re: Replacing driver's door wiring
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sat, 19 Mar 2005 03:43:30 EST
  ...joints where they go thru the door. >> Why? Because the wires ruptured at the point where they flexed the most and a soldered joint...
• Replacing CV joints
  Historical mailing list - David Yates
  Thu, 15 Sep 2005 18:57:04 +1000
  I'm replacing my CV joints with LOBRO ones. Can anyone tell me please whether the one groove or the three grooves face the...
• Ball joints and steering rack
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sat, 8 Dec 2007 20:15:57 -0500
  The parts are here, and I will soon be tackling the replacement of upper ball joints and the steering rack on my '91 Vanagon...
• Re: CV joint maintenance/replacement question.
  Historical mailing list - Roman Haag
  Sat, 22 Apr 2017 22:14:07 -0400
  ...If I need a joint or two I can get them (provided I can tell a good joint from a bad one), plus grease...
• Re: gasket between cv joint and stub axle
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 18 Aug 2021 18:08:40 -0400
  ...To me the design reduces the > clamping surface area of the joint to flange or hub. So be sure that the > joint your using...
• Cleaning up CV joint for spare
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hersh
  Sun, 26 Jul 2015 09:38:08 -0700
  ...I'm planning a road trip and thought I'd clean up the CV joints and take one along as a spare, along with...
• Re: Diaphragm Springs - Exhaust - 2.1L WBX
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Mon, 10 Aug 2015 14:51:56 -0400
  ...The iron donut works like a ball and the joint is now actually a ball joint. This flexibility allows very easy assembly of the...
• Fwd: Syncro Ball Joint
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 10 May 1995 00:02:56 -0400
  > I think the passengers side joint is going. If anyone has >replaced >one of these, how much did the part(s) cost, and what...
• drive shaft R&R prelim report
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:01:35 -0700
  ...Putting U-Joints back together is so much nicer than separating them. The joints come with 2 thickness' of circlips. I put the thinner...
• 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...
• Syncro Driveshaft
  Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
  Mon, 9 Nov 1998 13:10:46 -0800
  ...New u-joints and balancing resulting in no vibrations at all. I have been thru the archives and not seen one. Just had my...
• Re: Subaru EJ engine - wonderful white paper
  Historical mailing list - Ronald Michaels
  Sat, 16 Dec 2006 19:02:02 -0500
  ...This means no assembly joint between the block and cylinders. Every other boxer engine I have seen has a joint between block and cylinders...
• Re: 2 matters, oil pressure, and axle
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:30:21 -0500
  ...The boot as you call it is the boot, and the joint is the CV joint. If the boot rubber is torn, and nowadays...
• 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...
• photo procedure; replacing lower ball joints 80-84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Thu, 4 Jan 2007 00:24:53 -0800
  Over the holidays while visiting family in Vancouver I had the pleasure of replacing lower ball joints (actually, most of the front end pieces...
• Re: known Vanagon problems
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Fri, 27 Aug 2004 09:18:01 -0700
  ...joints, and we all need replacing. (I suppose it's more of a "clunk-clunk" than a "knock knock" with the CV joints, actually...
• Re: How not to snake wire/why "constant" velocity joints? Was: Wiring rear speakers - 86 Weekender - long
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:03:55 -0700
  ...In your old fashioned Jeep with universal joints in the drive path the output shaft takes on an eccentric fast/slow/fast/slow as...
• Re: Ball Joints
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Mon, 23 Dec 2002 08:31:06 -0700
  ...I > think the shop charged about $40 labor to remove/install the lower > ball joints. A word of warning about ball joints, the first...
• Re: Ball joints, upper / lower
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 26 Jan 2007 19:37:28 +0000
  ...Ball joints, upper / lower To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Mm-kay, I know I have to get Mellow Yellow's upper ball joints > replacedon...
• When was the last time you re-packed your CV joints?
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Mon, 18 Oct 2021 08:49:04 -0500
  ...It got me wondering when was the last time I packed my axle joints because I used this stuff. I looked it up in...
• Help with upper ball joint
  Historical mailing list - Michael T. DeLessio
  Wed, 10 Jun 1998 13:22:23 -0400
  ...On to the next problem, I need to install a new upper right ball joint and new front brake pads on my '84 Westy...
• 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...
• Re: Sounds Like a Bad CV joint? Keeping the old shaft.
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Mon, 17 Feb 2014 15:54:44 -0600
  ...I don't think that they would have needle > grease packed the joint and not charged me. Heck they did not even charged > me...
• Re: Another CV question
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Dooley
  Thu, 5 Mar 1998 19:35:00 -0500
  ...However, the outer joint did not have the same runny >grease,but that was the joint that was the boot that was leaking also...
• Re: Are There Junk Ball Joints?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 24 Sep 2002 12:54:20 -0400
  > I went to research syncro ball joints and noticed massive price > differences. The cheapest I could find from VW was about $90 each. But...
• Re: Ball Joint removal.
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:38:28 -0800
  ...Works great on tie rod ends, so-so on ball joints... pickle fork with either the hammer or on an air gun for the...
• Re: CV joint lifespan?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 4 Jan 1997 10:26:41 +0000
  ...I've seen '76 joints pristine with 110k never repacked and '78 or '85 joints worn terribly in the 85k range. Certainly a ripped...
• Re: Steering "clunk" noise solved??
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:04:20 -0800
  ...When it's warmer ;) Yah I read of that U joint in my *ahem*, personal Vanagon archives. (really sweet to have btw) Won't...
• Re: CV joint preference?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 6 Sep 2013 16:36:49 -0700
  ...Spendy but last just fine for me. > Getting decent CV joint boots seems to be an issue these days. Recent > big thread on that...
• Re: 90 Westy synchro front wheel noise
  Historical mailing list - Tyrone & Marilyn Greene
  Tue, 21 Apr 1998 22:03:07 -0400
  ...The syncro front inner CV joints are a DIFFERENT part number > and the syncro front outer CV joints are yet another part number. > > Larry...
• An '81 Vanagon tranny question
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 12:56:49 -0700
  ...Since I've got the engine out anyway, and since I noticed a torn CV joint boot, and since a couple of months ago...
• Re: stick lube
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sat, 25 Jan 2003 02:32:24 EST
  ...If you want to be especially thorough, remove the shift lever, take it apart and lubricate the ball joint. If you do not want...
• F.S. 16 inch wheel syncro front outter cv joints
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Thu, 8 Mar 2001 11:10:56 -0500
  I have come across a set of front outer cv joints that require a larger axle from what I can tell they are for...
• Replacing steering rubber link with universal joint
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 23:51:44 +1300
  Anyone tried replacing the rubber coupling in the steering column with a splined universal joint? This would eliminate the possibility of losing the steering...
• CV installation
  Historical mailing list - Miller, Ryan
  Fri, 28 Feb 2003 11:00:44 -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...
• Air conditioning makes it rain inside the bus.
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Sun, 3 Aug 2003 08:20:14 -0500
  ...It also drips out of the air duct joints. Is this common? Should I just try to seal the joints? Is something, some other...
• Re: U-joint for Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 8 Feb 2011 19:50:45 -0800
  yup a flaps sourced u joint I used, on my blog, this page: http://shufti.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/syncro-prop-shaft-rr...
• Re: CV joints
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:40:00 -0500
  ...If I determine the CV Joint is still good, I remove it from the axle, completely disassemble it, clean it, repack it and install...
• Re: New WISHBONE bushings and strange "lunk" noises
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 10:24:27 -0600
  ...Getting down to just the piece that has the ball joint pressed into it will take an hour or two, depending on the amount...
• Re: request CV joint knock diagnosis confirmation
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Tue, 20 Dec 2005 00:23:24 -0500
  I didn't read all replies but here is how you can be sure of a dead axle and/or CV joint: Jack the...
• Re: Vanagon CV Joint Fasteners
  Historical mailing list - Dave Yates
  Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:22:02 +1000
  ...I recently had to remove all CV joints (to replace wheel bearings) and found these MUCH easier to engage with in the dim rark...
• Re: vanagon rear wheel brg. ????
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 26 Aug 94 08:48:18 CDT
  ...Is it >normal for these Vanagons to eat up c-v joints at this rate or what ??? me personally, i think it's the...
• Re: (rear) cv joint
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Sat, 4 Mar 2006 13:03:38 -0500
  ...I can't mix and match pieces from two of my >>> (original lobro) joints to get one good joint, right? The stamping on >>> both...
• Re: Ball joints
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 4 Jun 2003 12:49:14 EDT
  ...sides? (all four ball joints?) >> Blake, my man, you will get greasy and skin your knuckles renewing a ball joint. You will get imperceptibly...
• Re: Thumping Noise - Wheel CV Joint Bearing?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Davis
  Sun, 4 Jul 2010 02:01:09 -0400
  ...I'm leaning toward bad CV joints or perhaps bad grease. It's possible I didn't get sufficient grease "inside" the joints before...
• Re: Speaking of CV Joints ...
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 16 May 2003 12:25:07 -0700
  ...Can I use bearing grease to service the CV joints > or > > must I use CV joint blessed grease??? > > > > Danke. > > > > Jorge > > > > '85 Clunking Weekender (Betsy...
• Re: CV Joints 80 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 1 Feb 1996 16:28:13 -0600 (CST)
  ...Is this a failing CV joint? What else can I do to confirm >that's what it is? > >If it is failing, what is...
• CV left front outer :( for'90 syncro westy
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 3 Nov 1996 12:37:56 -0500
  ...From list info, I've asked (not demanded) greasing the joints, but he felt the labor charge wouldn't be cost effective for me...
• repack cv joints
  Historical mailing list - Robert MacDowell
  Tue, 17 Jun 2014 15:17:15 -0400
  I'm looking for someone to repack my cv joints. I'm traveling, so I can't do it myself. The name of a...
• Re: CV joints
  Historical mailing list - freeholder bill
  Sat, 6 Dec 1997 09:41:58 -0700
  ...Westie... >>I should have mentioned in my post concerning my cv joints that my van is >>an '18 Westie. Bill (SE Arizona) (Bill@freeholder...
• CV joint info
  Historical mailing list - Dave Perry
  Sun, 21 Mar 1999 01:59:34 +0100
  Hi guys Check this site out for a great, fully illustrated guide on how to change CV joints. The car in question is a...
• Front Ball Joints
  Historical mailing list - Phil Marston
  Fri, 10 Dec 1999 12:03:23 -0000
  Hi All Any advice on replacing the bottom ball joints ? Haynes indicates that they are pressed out & pressed back in but there does not...
• Re: CV grease
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Thu, 17 Mar 2005 06:08:33 -0500
  does anyone a tribologist perhaps on the list know what makes CV joint grease so special? i have always assumed that it was the...
• Re: CV Joint issues
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 17 Jun 2005 17:44:38 -0400
  ...that when reassembeling, you need motion in all directions in the joints.I had the balls drop out one time when I cleaned the...
• Pickle fork size needed?
  Historical mailing list - Ben Cichowski
  Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:09:59 -0500
  Hi All, I have new shocks and upper ball joints on the way. I was wondering about the size of the pickle fork to...
• 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: 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...
• Re: New owner questions
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Fri, 23 Nov 2012 18:18:32 -0500
  ...I find lateral play (side to side) to be expected and not helpful in determining if the joint is worn. Try twisting the joint...
• Re: Speaking of CV Joints ...
  Historical mailing list - Jorge Osorio
  Fri, 16 May 2003 11:38:18 -0400
  ...Can I use bearing grease to service the CV joints or > > must I use CV joint blessed grease??? > > > > Danke. > > > > Jorge > > > > '85 Clunking Weekender (Betsy...
• Syncro U-joint replacement report (long)
  Historical mailing list - Brad Anderson
  Tue, 19 Oct 1999 10:14:26 -0700
  Well, I finally installed my driveline with a replacement u-joint from a local driveline shop and all seems good so far. I replaced...