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• Syncro Front CVs
  Historical mailing list - Markus Benne
  Thu, 8 Jul 1999 14:18:00 -0400
  ...made out of? ------------------------------------------------ CONSTANT VELOCITY JOINTS For Water-cooled Volkswagen GKN� CV joints replace originals perfectly 81ZX8566U CV Joint for 74-81 Dasher, 88...
• 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 Joints
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Fri, 20 Aug 2004 11:42:54 -0400
  ...side CV's.<<<<< http://www.benplace.com/cv_joint_maintenance.htm Nop to your question, but make sure to clean the old CV's...
• Re: Front Inner Syncro CV Joints Question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 7 Feb 2001 22:37:59 -0500
  ...Front Inner Syncro CV Joints Question Had a question about the inner front CV joints for a Syncro Vanagon. A customer of mine insists...
• Re: CV joints
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 17 Feb 2008 12:16:54 -0800
  ...On 2/17/08, Rob <becida@comcast.net> wrote: > I'm doing CV joints, buying a tube of grease rather than the 4 > initial...
• Re: CV Joints ( rear )
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Wed, 14 May 2003 10:17:31 -0700
  ...This should prevent > the loosening. > > Z > > --- Joseph Fortino > <fortinoj@SPEAKEASY.NET> wrote: > > looks like my CV joint screws like to come > > loose found 1...
• 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...
• Re: CV Joints (front inner)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mari
  Fri, 5 May 2006 07:48:10 -0700
  ...Seems that the front diff on the donor had a 3-4 mm spacer between the right inner cv joint and the flange on...
• Re: CV joint
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Sat, 14 Aug 2004 18:35:32 -0400
  Leon, Go to http://volksweb.relitech.com/ - Tom Carrington's web page, and look for the CV joint servicing link. There are pictures and...
• Re: If you've replaced your CV joints--please read
  Historical mailing list - James Digennaro
  Mon, 17 Feb 1997 19:33:51 +0000
  Hi Volks, I've read a post about CV joints and had to add my 2 cents. When I first bought my current vanagon...
• Re: Cleaning CVs
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 27 Dec 1999 17:52:02 -0800
  Three of my four CV joints lasted well over 200,000 miles with ZERO maintenance. Maybe the California climate has something to do with...
• Re: CV joint reversal?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:25:10 -0500
  Karl Wolz wrote: > If you could simply flip the CVs over, that would work, too - but you > can't do that, since the joints...
• 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...
• Re: CV Joint - How to rebuild link
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Tue, 20 Jul 2004 17:15:10 -0400
  There is an excellent how to on rebuilding / repacking the CV joint on Tom Carrington's website: http://volksweb.relitech.com/cvjoints.htm It...
• WTB CV joint "backing plate"
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:28:26 -0600
  I need the reinforcing or backing plate that goes under the bolts of a vanagon CV joint. Does anyone have one to sell? Thanks...
• CV joint question
  Historical mailing list - Will Morris
  Fri, 16 Aug 2002 09:31:46 -0400
  I am about to install a new inboard CV joint. The new joint I got from VW is incredibly tight/stiff, MUCH more than...
• Re: Rear spring question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 17 May 2013 20:14:03 -0700
  ...It's also nice to know the CV joint screws are not terminally stuck in though- one advantage of the cv joint screw method...
• Re: Errors in CV Rotation Article at Volkscafe website
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sun, 5 Dec 2004 22:47:27 -0500
  ...Swaping the CV is good, any way you chose....but this is a cure for only a wile... http://www.benplace.com/cv_joint...
• CV Joint questions and anwers anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 11 May 2003 00:25:37 -0700
  Recently someone posted that their CV joint(s) were drying up and making noise. They asked , "{where does the grease go? Well, a friend...
• Re: 924 cv joints
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 13 Sep 2007 22:30:42 -0700
  ...He found the 924 joints > worked better than > the stock bus or vanagon joints. > > Porsche CV's may use smaller balls, but when you...
• Re: Cleaning CVs
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 27 Dec 1999 21:30:41 -0600
  ...you do what you want with your cv joints. i'll continue to crawl up under my bus and clean and repack the cv...
• Cheap CVs (was: Re: CV Joints)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Jun 1996 16:45:54 -0600
  I bought CV joints from Trans-form for my '71. They were billed as "heavy duty", were realtively cheap, and have worked fine. You...
• Re: CV Joint separation from axle shaft
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Thu, 25 Nov 1999 16:13:20 -0600
  ...Marshall Ruskin >Listees, > >In the process of replacing a torn CV joint boot, I have removed the >half shaft from the rear suspension. I...
• Using wire ties on CV joint boots?
  Historical mailing list - John-Reed Maffeo
  Mon, 31 Jan 2000 15:48:23 -0700
  Has anyone tried using wire ties on CV joint boots as a temporary or permanent option to the metal ones? John-Reed Mesa, AZ
• Re: CLicking from Rear wheel - '85
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 2 Jul 2012 12:33:25 -0700
  ...Beware of cheap CV joints, even cheap CV joint screws. I had one recently......it was so cheap and so from you-know-where...
• Re: Rear CV joints
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 20 Dec 2001 19:18:17 -0600
  ...Use high quality molybdenum grease 3 oz per CV joint. #5. New CV joints are very tight, be careful not to let the balls...
• 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...
• Re: Removing rear axel and CV on Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Jimmy Sanby
  Mon, 26 Apr 1999 14:03:58 +0200
  ...YOU MUST NOT TURN A VANAGON'S WHEEL UNDER LOAD WITH THE OUTER CV JOINT REMOVED! Seems the CV joints and the wheel bearings...
• sound of CV's?
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Fri, 13 Apr 2001 15:39:17 -0400
  Do CV joints make a sound when they're going bad? I've heard a bad one in my rabbit when I'd turn...
• Re: cv joints
  Historical mailing list - Wagner, James W., , SAF/AQPS
  Mon, 24 Jan 2000 11:35:20 -0500
  One thing that makes work on CV joints much less messy is avoiding solvents. I just used a rag and wiped off the grease...
• Re: Flipping Axles to Maximize CV Joint Wear
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 17 Mar 2013 12:24:24 -0700
  ...Maximize CV joint LIFE. Jim "If you look around the room, and you're the smartest person in the room, then you're in...
• CV Joint Bad 87GL: Questions??
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Tue, 11 Nov 1997 18:34:05 -0600
  Volks, All Vanagons Sick! Need Help! Our 87 GL has developed a clunk clunk on the right rear CV joint while accelerating and decelerating...
• Re: [T2] Rebuilt Half Axles/ Autozone $99
  Historical mailing list - Robert Dalton
  Fri, 9 Feb 2001 22:42:30 -0800
  ...off a CV joint. With my two Westys, I know I would be lucky to get one out of 4 joints off on the...
• Re: Didn't know there was two different CV joints.
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Wed, 22 Dec 2004 11:01:47 -0600
  ...I didn't know the number of groves in the CV joints were different. >>> Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM> 12/22/04 10:24...
• Re: CV joint
  Historical mailing list - Leon
  Sat, 14 Aug 2004 16:33:04 -0700
  ...There are pictures and > descriptions of the correct assembly of a CV joint. This should tell > and show you what you need. > > Sam > -- Using...
• 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: Manual Transmission Leaking at CV Joint
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:54:01 -0700
  hi, check the CV joint screws are tight, first thing. I doubt adding some grease caused a problem .. you added one tube for 4...
• Re: New mystery. Faint rumble from right side of van
  Historical mailing list - Edward Nutter
  Sat, 9 Mar 2002 11:28:46 -0800
  ...Front, middle of van or rear? Right >front might mean wheel bearing? Right rear might mean a CV joint going bad. > A CV joint...
• Re: Bum CV joint summary.
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 22 Jun 1996 12:34:45, -0500
  I concur with John regarding CV joint care and life- I started being a do-it-yourselfer back when my 71 Westy had 40...
• No Go on CV Boot R&R
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Thu, 4 Nov 2010 05:54:34 -0700
  ...include the axle, just the CV joints? �And does the Van Cafe product include the axle AND the joints (picture would indicate so)?� As...
• Re: CV Joints ( rear )
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Wed, 14 May 2003 10:05:15 -0700
  ...Z --- Joseph Fortino <fortinoj@SPEAKEASY.NET> wrote: > looks like my CV joint screws like to come loose > found 1 > just hangin out again, they...
• Re: 924 cv joints
  Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
  Thu, 13 Sep 2007 21:36:36 -0700
  ...He found the 924 joints > worked better than > the stock bus or vanagon joints. > > Porsche CV's may use smaller balls, but when you...
• Re: 2.1L running with hole in case
  Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
  Wed, 22 Sep 1999 10:29:57 -0700
  Jeff Just a thought on your binding VC and trashed CV joint. A couple of years ago I was experiencing a binding VC in...
• Re: CV Joints
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sun, 24 Apr 2011 22:09:25 +0000
  ...The "grease" in those CV joints was dried and clumpy. The > balls in the joint have turned a blueish-black, I assume from overheating...
• ??? G-6.3 CV Joint Grease ???
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 21 Oct 2002 17:35:40 EDT
  The Bentley says to use G-6.3 Grease in the CV joints. Does anyone know what this is equivalent to in real world...
• Re: CV Joint Wear
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:55:56 -0400
  ...reverse and get better extended wear? I mean put the left axel on the right side, or inboard CV joint on the outboard side?
• Re: CV joint raceway opinion
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 27 Feb 2015 10:39:32 -0500
  ...CV joint raceway opinion Hello Vanapeeps, Took off one of the rear axles on my '87 Syncro to replace the inner CV boot. Inspected...
• Re: CV joint preference?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Fri, 6 Sep 2013 15:13:35 -0700
  ...Getting decent CV joint boots seems to be an issue these days. Recent big thread on that. Good used original ones work fine for...
• CV joint failure while on a trip, what next?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Fri, 2 May 2003 15:28:52 -0700
  ...There is no chance of getting a new cv joint before I get home. Do I have to remove the whole joint though? Or...
• Re: cv-joints: Constant Velocity Marihuana?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Jul 94 16:06:26 PDT
  > >alistair bell said: > >>flip the axles end for end so that the "other faces" of the cv joints >>are taking the wear (when driving...
• Re: Stripped CV Joint Bolt
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 26 May 2005 12:23:07 -0400
  ...Stripped CV Joint Bolt > One of the 12-point CV joint bolts on the transmission is > stripped. Can't > get a good hold on...
• Front outer cv joint protectors
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 16 Feb 2013 18:36:45 -0800
  ...http://shufti.wordpress.com/2013/02/16/vanagon-syncro-front-outer-cv-joint-protection-plate/ alistair
• Re: CV Joint Question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 19 Apr 2011 01:31:45 -0400
  CV joint clunking is the result of lack of lubrication combined with the inner and outer sections wearing or getting divots from the forces...
• A CV Question, if you please..
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 27 Jan 2001 20:02:33 -0800
  ...As I recall, at some point VW began recommending that the wavy spring washer that comes with CV joints *not* be installed. Anybody know...
• Re: rotating cvs and axles from left to right
  Historical mailing list - Edward Nutter
  Thu, 16 May 2002 09:22:19 -0700
  Just a comment on the second site (cv_joint_maintenance). At the top Ben suggests using a shaved down 7mm Allen head for jamming...
• Re: CV Joints (as long as we are discussing it)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:56:14 -0400
  At 11:27 AM 4/19/2011, Steven Johnson wrote: >like to know what is the best grease to use for CVs? CV joint...
• Noisy rear wheel bearing or CV joint
  Historical mailing list - michael johnson
  Mon, 2 Sep 2002 22:14:28 -0700
  ...Any ideas on how to isolate the noise short of tearing it apart again?? I suspect the CV joint but you never know. gatorxray...
• A couple of CV joint questions
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 2 Jul 1999 16:40:16 -0700
  ...Took my new CV joints and bare drive shafts to a shop to have them pressed on. (Should've just banged them on myself...
• Re: CV Joint Swapping
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Thu, 20 Apr 2000 09:00:29 -0400
  Why is it that you cannot simply rotate the halfshaft?? The cv joints are identical on both sides? Z David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET...
• Re: CV joint failure while on a trip, what next?
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Fri, 2 May 2003 16:05:47 -0700
  > > Dear All, > While parking a heared a snapping sound and I > believe my outer front CV joint is gone. > The drive shaft is movable...