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• Re: Inner CV Boot Replacement: Okie Redneck Style...
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Fri, 25 Jan 2002 23:06:04 -0800
  ...Inner CV Boot Replacement: Okie Redneck Style... > Okay, I'm not exactly proud of this, but here goes... > > I decided I didn't want...
• Re: FLAPS? not in my experience (No Van Content)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Wed, 16 May 2007 14:23:37 -0500
  ...If the CV boot is still original and isn't > torn > then it's covered. Wow!!! FFF-word!!! They knew it but tried to...
• Re: 90 Syncro Westy clunker
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Dooley
  Thu, 23 Apr 1998 20:47:23 -0400
  ...And one thing I have learned from experience, not all CV boots are equal. Remans use the bottom of barrel. Of course, there is...
• Blown AC Hose, wild results
  Historical mailing list - Fin Beven
  Thu, 11 Mar 2004 10:31:19 -0800
  ...This would not have been so bad, but refrigerant came out under such pressure that it actually cut through the inner CV boot on...
• 89' GL Shift problem mostly solved!
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Dunn
  Sun, 3 Oct 1999 16:31:47 EDT
  ...Also, there is definitely a leak near that rubber boot going into the transmission(the CV) on both sides. I'm wondering how difficult...
• Re: c.v. joint removal Question
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:24:01 -0800
  ...Once for re-lube the CV joint and another for replacing a torn boot. I did not touch that 46mm axle nut. David ____________________________________________________________________________________ Go...
• Re: CV Joints
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 27 Apr 2014 08:38:27 -0700
  ...New CV's-boots were one of my first jobs as a newb owner. IIRC, I used this Pennzoil grease: http://www.pennzoil.com...
• Re: CV boot or axle?
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:08:41 -0600
  >Am I the only one that enjoys CV service? I love the way it feels when ..... Me Too !!! ;o) I close the blinds.... Then...
• Re: '87 Syncro needs lost spacer/shim for rear axle
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Fri, 3 Apr 1998 14:02:54 -0500
  ...On Fri, 3 Apr 1998, deandrew wrote: > While performing a roadside cv boot repair I lost the spacer/shim thingy for the inner side...
• Re: Rounded CV joint bolts
  Historical mailing list - George Wietor
  Fri, 20 Sep 2002 12:52:33 -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: Front Syncro Axles FS (New)
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Fri, 17 Jan 1997 14:23:55 -0400
  ...Outer boots Are the >White one, german new Cv joints. > > Kyle > > Kyle Wade (408) 462-9424 Hm # > Keeper of the Volks-Motorsports page > Home...
• Syncro Front Axle Removal
  Historical mailing list - Jon Kanas
  Thu, 5 Jun 2008 16:31:53 -0600
  Good Afternoon, I am preparing to repack and replace the boots on the outer CV joints on the front axles of a 1987 Syncro...
• 69 camper???
  Historical mailing list - yale jay lubkin
  Mon, 29 Apr 1996 00:11:35 -0400 (EDT)
  I'm looking into buying a 69 camper, $1000 with some rust, rebuilt engine, 8K miles, new manual tranny, new cv joints, new boots...
• Re: New owner questions-Fuel Hoses
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 24 Nov 2012 23:52:32 -0500
  ...Is this normal? > > Other than the obvious CV boot, should I be also picking up the outer > CV joint also? What about the other...
• Re: New owner questions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 24 Nov 2012 14:00:25 -0800
  ...Is this normal? > > Other than the obvious CV boot, should I be also picking up the outer CV > joint also? What about the other...
• Manual Transmission Drive Flange Seal
  Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
  Sat, 9 Aug 2014 21:34:44 -0700
  I'm lubricating and re-booting the CV Joints on my 1990, manual trans Westy. When I disconnected my right inboard CV joint, gear...
• Re: CV boot kit prices
  Historical mailing list - No Quarter
  Thu, 2 May 1996 13:59:44 -0500 (CDT)
  > I called RMMW this morning and their $9.95 cv boot kit, complete with > all of the hardware is on two week backorder. Calls...
• CV Joint installation on half shaft
  Historical mailing list - ThomasD. Hanlon
  Tue, 7 Dec 1999 04:25:06 -0800
  ...On my 84 manual transmission Westfalia, how is that washer positioned? Observing the half shaft from the view, Circlip, CV joint, Boot, Crimping Band...
• Re: CV - Will it fit?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Mon, 8 Oct 2001 19:20:55 -0400
  Barry; If you pounded directly on the end of the shaft sticking out of the CV joint you are doomed! The end will mushroom...
• A Story
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Wed, 12 Apr 1995 18:31:45 -0500 (CDT)
  ...The mechanic said the blue thing needs another CV boot. The CV joint on the repaired side feels really rough. Part the Second. On...
• Re: CV Joint separation from axle shaft; Lessons Learned.
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Thu, 25 Nov 1999 17:12:10 EST
  ...Hanlon" <hanran@EARTHLINK.NET> writes: >Listees, > >In the process of replacing a torn CV joint boot, I have removed the >half shaft from the...
• Re: rotating cvs and axles from left to right
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Tue, 14 May 2002 16:57:05 -0700
  ...the life of the cv's. i am sure this goes with out saying but, i > would replace any boots that look worn as...
• Re: CV joint raceway opinion
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 1 Mar 2015 09:48:30 -0500
  ...CV joint failure? I serviced a CV axle on my 92 Golf last summer by replacing the boots and regreasing , and the inner CV...
• Re: CV click??
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 31 Jul 2006 22:05:13 -0500
  ...I > will also have a look at front wheel. > > Can't see anything obviously wrong with CV's. Boots > look ok. No bolts loose...
• It's hard to make your Vanagon better when they're making the parts crappier
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 1 Jul 2013 14:14:22 -0500
  This past weekend, among many other things, I replaced the CV boots I put on the car last July. I bought them locally, but...
• Re: 89' GL 1st gear problem
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 2 Oct 1999 23:08:55 -0500
  ...make it worse. > see leaking tranny fluid coming from near the CV boots. It has a had a > recent clutch job and every thing...
• Axle shaft repairs
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Wed, 22 Mar 2000 21:46:03 -0600
  ...a few of you with CV joints on he way out. They rebuild axles, with new joints and boots for $95.00 per side...
• Re: CV Bolt Lock Plates
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:45:17 -0400
  ...Without them, the bolt heads will distort the metal flange for the boots. You can use hardened washers to repalce them if the outer...
• Re: Hesitation (and dry C/V joints)
  Historical mailing list - Rick Sherrod (hopeless VW nut)
  Sun, 14 Sep 1997 16:36:22 -0500
  ...Read on!! A CV joint can be dry inside even if the boot is in perfect condition, and even if the boot seems to...
• Re: tranny mount and CV-joint bolt questions
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Mon, 8 Nov 2004 10:00:55 -0600
  ...If you get good boot kits, they always come with new bolts anyway (12 points). Stripping the inside of one of the inner CV...
• 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...
• Fwd: CV axle help for early m/t Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Alex MeVay
  Thu, 5 Dec 2019 00:38:47 -0500
  ...I replaced the CV's and boots with GKN+Rockford in 2016, and things had been trouble-free since then. I recently had a...
• Re: when good CV's go bad?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Campbell
  Mon, 8 Jan 2007 21:51:14 -0500
  ...that box the CV is hidden <BR>inside of.) - Perhaps that's the culprit? <BR><BR>If all the boots look ok, should I...
• Fwd: CV axle help for early m/t Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Alex MeVay
  Tue, 3 Dec 2019 06:56:24 -0500
  ...I replaced the CV's and boots with GKN+Rockford in 2016, and things had been trouble-free since then. I recently had a...
• Re: CV Joint Experts?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Harris
  Thu, 11 Nov 2004 01:01:57 -0500
  If it is really clunking and everything else checks out OK (cv bolts tight etc) then I would say it is done for... metal...
• Re: CV joint maintenance/replacement question.
  Historical mailing list - Roman Haag
  Sun, 23 Apr 2017 13:01:00 -0400
  ...right rear CV axle is binding and making noise. > Left rear axle is starting to make noise also. Rec replacing both rear CV axles...
• Re: CLicking from Rear wheel - '85
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 2 Jul 2012 12:33:25 -0700
  ...the CV joints were last inspected and greased thoroughly. there is a cheater trick of injecting grease into them under the boot of course...
• Re: CV greasing - not smooth when put back together :(
  Historical mailing list - Roman Haag
  Mon, 15 May 2017 15:12:03 -0400
  ...cv. (The Chinese ones I got have a courser spline pattern). If you ever need to replace the boot, just replace the boot and...
• Re: Stripped CV Joint Bolt
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Thu, 26 May 2005 11:29:07 EDT
  ...of the drill so that you don't bitch up the CV boot. Also, to gain working room, it's better to chuck the...
• Re: Shaft off to replace 1 cv?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 18 Sep 2004 20:02:07 -0500
  ...BTW, most of those complete CV kits come with a new set of bolts, rubber boot, a tube of lube (the right kind)and...
• What is the correct way to determine CV axle length?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 1 Jan 2009 15:33:43 -0800
  ...Also, are Audi 5000S quattro CV boots going to work with Porsche 930 CVs? Most of this project can be seen at http://hasenwerk...
• Re: CV bolts and DPO mechanics
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 20 Jan 2011 15:04:05 -0800
  ...if the CV boots look too new to be > original, CV bolts could be loose! > > -- > John Bange > -- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX...
• Re: clunking from CV????
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Mon, 28 Jun 2010 07:31:40 -0700
  ...OE style > Lobro CV joints .. > and if you take care of them .... > ( you can even inject grease under the boot every few years if...
• Re: CV boot problem repair problem continued
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 23 Aug 2016 14:42:53 -0700
  ...four CV joints and want to be ready to make this work go as well as possible. > I have the 4 Rockford boots from...
• Re: help. noise from the rear/ CV Joint
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Fri, 23 Jun 2000 15:28:39 -0600
  >Sounds like a dry/bad CV joint- probably at the wheel rather than the >trans. Check to see if its boot is cracked and...
• 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...
• Porsche trans adaptor info found
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 12 May 2000 10:31:14 +1200
  ...Chris Weddle <info@2weddle.com> tells me that he offers a kit, which from his e-mail I believe includes axles, 930 CVs, boots...
• Re: Scary Front shaking '90 syncro westie
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Mon, 6 Nov 2006 13:47:05 -0900
  ...two weeks before I suspect that we may have torn the CV boot on a rock the previous weekend when we drove the Denali...
• Re: costs?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 24 Aug 2001 08:31:06 -0500
  ...Reade the manual first! I would highly reccomend servicing the CV joints and replacing the boots at the same time. Another hour or so...
• Re: need input on confusing CV joints...
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 9 Mar 2006 00:00:30 -0600
  ...you can get a popping or clicking sound as the face of the race of the CV works against the face of the flange...
• Re: Sounds Like a Bad CV joint?
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Mon, 10 Feb 2014 11:46:03 -0600
  ...I replaced all 4 cv joints my passenger outer was very dry and bolts were coming loose too! Velma 82 1.9L AAZ td...
• 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
  ...I had my mechanic replace the boots and repack the grease last month at 222K miles. Before that it was in 2015 at 199K...
• Re: CV joint or Axle Joint?
  Historical mailing list - Rick Koller
  Thu, 21 Jan 1999 10:01:52 -0500
  ...my question is, is the axle joint synomonous with the CV >joint? My boot seems to be intact. Has anyone had this happen before...
• Re: tranny flange seals
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Wed, 25 Aug 1999 00:17:41 -0400
  ...it looks like it's coming out of the CV boot, but it's > gear oil. > > Anyone know how hard this is to fix...
• Re: Trans info for repowered vans
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Thu, 22 Jun 2000 09:32:32 -0400
  ...complete CVs, 930 stubaxles (specify Vanagon-to-920 >stubs!). >McKenzie Performance Products jekkhotmail.com -930 CVs $54ea, 930 >cages $40ea, 930 boot holders $17...
• Re: More: Re: Rear CV joints
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Fri, 21 Dec 2001 09:57:49 -0800
  ...with listmember discount), I have brand NEW > German Lobro CV's complete with German boot kits, grease, and hardware - in > other words, everything you...
• Re: Front axle rip off? NO VANAGON CONTENT
  Historical mailing list - David..M
  Thu, 1 Apr 1999 10:39:25 -0500
  ...They were doing a 60k service tune-up and were also going to > replace the CV boots because one of them was visibly cracked...
• Re: Rubber parts on Vanagons
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 8 Sep 1994 13:16:39 -0700 (PDT)
  ...type clamps at each junction. - steering gear boots - cv boots - steering linkage boots - accelerator cable boot (probably won't replace this one) - auxillary air...
• Re: CV Joints
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Mon, 20 Jan 2003 07:38:33 -0800
  ...there is no obvious cause of failure > >(ie damaged boot) of the bad CV joint, can > >the others be expected to last much longer...
• Re: Supporting tranny
  Historical mailing list - John_K_Hopp
  Tue, 18 Jul 1995 09:13:38 -0600 (MDT)
  ...But I looked at those beat CV boots and wondered, "is the stress on the CVs too great?" So I've been strapping it...