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• Re: CV Joints
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Mon, 5 May 2014 08:31:11 -0700
  ...Consider the thousands of vanagons there > have been that went hundreds of thousands of miles on the original CV > joints with no more fuss...
• Re: CV joint hard times
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 10 Mar 2005 13:51:13 -0600
  ...CV joint hard times > I just spent a very uncomfortable weekend greasing my CV joints on my 85 Westy. > The trouble was aligning the...
• CV joints
  Historical mailing list - freeholder bill
  Sat, 6 Dec 1997 09:29:15 -0700
  Well, my rebuild kits are in and I am going to remove my cv joints and see if I can fix them up. They...
• Used CV joints - recycle 'em?
  Historical mailing list - Luke Bakken
  Tue, 29 Aug 2017 08:56:22 -0700
  Hi everyone, I have four used German CV joints that I'm planning to recycle unless someone has a use for them. I asked...
• CV joint socket size?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Fri, 11 Oct 2013 12:10:25 -0500
  Hi all! My cv joints should be here today or tomorrow and I forgot to get the right size tool to remove them, I...
• Re: cv joint lubing
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 20 Mar 1998 18:52:45 -0800
  ...but not necessarily economical VW dealer) what they charge to service CV joints on a syncro. I was quoted $450 for labor on 8...
• Re: 82 diesel Westy
  Historical mailing list - Trooz
  Sun, 15 Dec 2002 09:39:57 -0800
  ...In my case it turned out to be a CV joint. New CV joints, no problem. Bob Trousdale '90 Westy
• 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: Removing rear axel and CV on Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Dr. Rainer Woitok
  Mon, 26 Apr 1999 12:47:16 +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...
• Re: Wheel bearing vs. CV joints
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Fri, 3 May 2002 14:37:14 -0700
  ...If not I was told by a list member to go to a supermarket parking lot and drive in tight circles and your CV...
• Re: CV Joint installation on half shaft
  Historical mailing list - ThomasD. Hanlon
  Tue, 7 Dec 1999 11:13:29 -0800
  ...don't know about the 87 since i > haven't done the cv joints on it yet, but i'd suspect it also > does...
• Diesel Vanagon conversion / CV Joints
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carrington
  Mon, 18 Nov 1996 16:25:41 -0500
  ...I also started another page outlining how to service CV joints. This page has descriptions and photos of the process. http://www.relitech.com...
• 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...
• Re: Using wire ties on CV joint boots?
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Brandt
  Mon, 31 Jan 2000 17:52:36 -0600
  On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, John-Reed Maffeo wrote: > Has anyone tried using wire ties on CV joint boots as a temporary > or permanent...
• 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...
• CV joint
  Historical mailing list - Leon
  Sat, 14 Aug 2004 14:23:02 -0700
  Servicing CV joints i noticed that some joints had 1 groove on one side and 3 on the other side.Made by GKN. Joints...
• Re: CV joint raceway opinion
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 1 Mar 2015 09:48:30 -0500
  ...CV joint raceway opinion Is there any knowledge concerning this looseness increasing the risk of CV joint failure? I serviced a CV axle on...
• Re: Thump, Thump, Thump when turning????
  Historical mailing list - Scott G. Terry
  Wed, 21 Nov 2001 13:35:04 -0800
  Dave, Based on the sound and conditions you describe, it sounds like a CV joint to me too. I would be more convinced if...
• No Go on CV Boot R&R
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Thu, 4 Nov 2010 05:54:34 -0700
  ...have to replace the entire axle again? Now assuming the outer CV joint was dry and bad, but the inners are good.....do you...
• Re: CV joint boots
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 16 Aug 2021 17:03:57 +0000
  "For all the single points of failure that leave you on the roadside the CV joints are amongst the last part I would carry...
• Re: help. noise from the rear/ CV Joint
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Sat, 24 Jun 2000 07:57:00 -0500
  ...If you hear clicking it's best to go ahead and replace the CV joint. There's no guarantee the clicking will increase before...
• Re: sound of CV's?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 13 Apr 2001 23:41:03 -0700
  ...sound of CV's? > Take a look at outer cv joints inside the swingarm box, there may be loose screw > hitting inside walls. > Leon...
• CV joint grease on tapered roller bearings?
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Fri, 15 May 2009 18:18:46 -0400
  Anybody have experience or knowledge of the dangers or benefits of using molybdenum disulfide (CV joint) grease on tapered roller bearings such as those...
• Re: CV joint question and success!
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 17 Jul 2023 21:11:03 -0400
  ...Likely easy for you folks but I was feeling pretty uncertain taking it on alone. > > So, what direction for that CV joint groove? > > Eric...
• Re: axle connected to hub bone?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 8 Aug 2009 17:21:02 -0700
  ...probably, if it was me, I'd install a new german outer CV joint with clip, as long as the inner CV joint is...
• Re: Best grease to use for CVs
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 27 Jun 2002 11:57:00 -0400
  ...quickly find, Castrol CV-joint grease contains Molybdenum Disulfide, and Wurth CV-joint grease contains "lead salt(2+)" CV joint service is a very...
• Re: CV joints...condition?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:38:45 -0800
  ...CV joints...condition? > Finally dove into the task of checking, servicing and possibly replacing > the > CV joints on my 84 manual 5-sp tranny...
• Re: tranny mount and CV-joint bolt questions
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Mon, 8 Nov 2004 10:00:55 -0600
  ...Stripping the inside of one of the inner CV joint bolts is your second -to-worst nightmare. Stripping the inside of the outer CV...
• (no subject)
  Historical mailing list - Robie Pierce
  Sat, 3 Aug 2002 14:14:14 -0400
  ...Could this be a cv joint, or universal ? I'd look myself but restrained in a wheelchair. How much $$ to do CV joints? Thanks...
• CV Joints-DONE! Next!
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sat, 25 Feb 2012 20:40:25 +0000
  Finished up replacing the CV joints on the left axle today on my '85 Weekender, but <sigh> we know as Vanagon owners we're...
• Re: Knocking in the Wheel Well
  Historical mailing list - John McLean
  Tue, 23 Jul 2002 20:15:24 -0700
  The first place I would look would be the CV joints. Bad CV joints will knock under various conditions such as turning either right...
• cv joints
  Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
  Mon, 3 Sep 2007 22:00:31 -0700
  ...I haven't measured but I assume that is getting close to the limit of what the stock CV joints can do. Anyone know...
• Re: CV anatomy
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:30:57 -0400
  Some CV joints do have a smaller inner diameter on one side of the cage vs the other. Normally the larger diameter side is...
• Re: 924 cv joints
  Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
  Thu, 13 Sep 2007 21:45:30 -0700
  ...Todd Last <rubatoguy@COMCAST.NET> wrote: > Is the switch to 824 CV joints a "drop in" swap? > I'm assuming that you need to...
• CV Joints
  Historical mailing list - Ian Allan
  Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:33:40 -0400
  ...Tomorrow I need to undo the CV joints i my 85. They are now soaking in penetrating oil. The socket head cap screws look...
• 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...
• CV joint lock ring tool
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Fri, 11 Mar 2005 21:56:27 -0500
  since we recently had the thread about the CV joint lock ring pliers i decided to make a stop by my local sears today...
• Re: Help removing stripped CV joint bolts
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Fri, 8 Dec 2006 09:45:07 -0800
  ...Help removing stripped CV joint bolts Anyone out there know of a tool for stuck/stripped/rounded out CV Joint bolt? I'm swapping...
• Re: CV help!
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 05:56:17 -0400
  ...Take a heavy hammer or mallet (1 � lb or more); slide the CV rubber boot well back from the CV joint; hold the shaft...
• Re: CV joint failure while on a trip, what next?
  Historical mailing list - James Walldow
  Mon, 5 May 2003 00:04:47 -0800
  ...There is no chance >>of getting a new cv joint before I get home. >>Do I have to remove the whole joint though? >>Or...
• CV joints rattling
  Historical mailing list - Puzerewski
  Sat, 23 Sep 2000 23:22:36 -0400
  I am getting a rattle every little bump I go over from my 6 month old CV joints. As a matter of fact, they...
• new driveshafts for raised vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 1 Apr 2011 09:17:11 -0700
  There has been a lot of discussion on the Samba and the Snycro mailing list about CV joint articulation and strength for those owners...
• Re: VanagonSubaru SVX owners
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 29 Dec 2006 09:03:16 -0800
  > Maybe these dampers will help preserve > the CV joints on the with SVX engine. As I understand it, the problem with big engines is...
• Re: CV joints
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Sat, 6 Dec 1997 12:06:08 -0600
  ...Using the Bentley mannual is a good idea for the r&r of the cv joint as the balls need to go back in...
• Re: CV Joint ?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 3 Jun 2011 08:07:40 -0700
  ...I'll wait till I have my new CV joints installed to really give it the full 'abuse-test'. BTW, I have a new...
• Re: syncro - front cv joint r&r
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:47:34 -0700
  ...syncro - front cv joint r&r >I have never done this on a syncro before... > > I need to replace torn boot on front right...
• It's not my fault.
  Historical mailing list - Bill
  Mon, 8 Jun 1998 19:52:33 -0700
  ...It was one of the CV joints. What they were unable to discover was any grease whatsoever in the CV joint that failed. It...
• Re: CV Joint Vibration
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Tue, 20 Mar 2007 05:13:47 -0800
  Ben, I went home last night and torqued all the bolts on my CV joints. They were good. I also reved the engine while...
• Re: CV joints - anyone tried these?
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Fri, 8 Jun 2007 09:37:40 -0700
  --- mordo <helmut.blong@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > Has any one here used these CV joints? > > *http://tinyurl.com/268gf3* > > -- > mordo > 1990 Carat > I bought one...
• Re: Book time for CV Joint work?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 25 Apr 2006 19:38:39 -0400
  ...Book time for CV Joint work? You like paying more? The 1.1 hour per side I quoted was for "inspect, clean, repack, and...
• Re: CV Joints
  Historical mailing list - Project Pat
  Wed, 30 Apr 2014 15:51:12 -0400
  ...30, 2014 2:15 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: CV Joints A company called Rockford allegedly makes a high quality Elastopolymer...
• Help removing stripped CV joint bolts
  Historical mailing list - chris
  Fri, 8 Dec 2006 10:59:26 -0600
  Anyone out there know of a tool for stuck/stripped/rounded out CV Joint bolt? I'm swapping the transmission on my 85 GL...
• Re: cv joint question
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Jul 1995 00:05:29 -0400
  ...I noticed that the cv joint that connects to the wheel has the >black grease in it but the other one (transmission side) has...
• Re: CV advice needed
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Nov 1996 16:37:57
  ...I've never had a CV >joint go bad, so I'm not familiar with what that sounds like, but judging >from what others...
• Re: CV joint raceway opinion
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Sat, 28 Feb 2015 14:29:36 -0800
  ...CV joint raceway opinion Is there any knowledge concerning this looseness increasing the risk of CV joint failure? I serviced a CV axle on...
• Re: CV Joint Swapping
  Historical mailing list - Karl M
  Thu, 20 Apr 2000 09:33:15 -0400
  ...Karl M ----- Original Message ----- > Why is it that you cannot simply rotate the halfshaft?? The cv joints are > identical on both sides? > >I recall...
• Re: cv joint service (cv-2?)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 5 Feb 2004 13:46:18 -0600
  The key to success with CV joints is using a High Pressure grease. I stick with the grease supplied by list vendors for the...
• Re: cv joint service (cv-2?)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 5 Feb 2004 13:46:30 -0600
  The key to success with CV joints is using a High Pressure grease. I stick with the grease supplied by list vendors for the...
• Re: CV joint or Axle Joint?
  Historical mailing list - Vanman
  Thu, 21 Jan 1999 08:06:13 -0800
  I'm not sure about the difference between the axle joint and the CV joint, but I think that they are the same thing...
• Re: Book time for CV Joint work?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:30:31 -0400
  ...Book time for CV Joint work? Any difference for a syncro? Chris On 4/25/06, Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@optonline.net> wrote: > I took...