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More: Re: Rear CV joints
Historical mailing list - Javier Zavala
Fri, 21 Dec 2001 08:00:52 -0500
...I remember some months ago, somebody posted about giving a second chance to CV joints; this could be done by (and this is what...
Re: CV Joint failure - New or Rebuilt?
Historical mailing list - Benny boy
Wed, 21 Jul 2004 15:15:43 -0400
...http://www.benplace.com/cv_joint_maintenance.htm Mister Z (I am anonymous, don't tell....)
re: bum cv
Historical mailing list
Fri, 21 Jun 96 21:00:31 EDT
...soak the bolts the night before you do the cv joint change with liquid wrench. wear the old clothes cuz changing cv joints is...
CV joint question and parts request.
Historical mailing list - Frayed1003
Sun, 1 Mar 1998 21:50:13 EST
Well my right CV joint has just begun thumping only four months after I replaced the left one. I thought that I heard that...
CV joint failure while on a trip, what next?
Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
Fri, 2 May 2003 15:28:52 -0700
...lukas <sheronda1@tesco.net> Dear All, While parking a heared a snapping sound and I believe my outer front CV joint is gone. The...
Re: CV Joint Wear
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:20:40 -0700
...mean put > the left axel on the right side, or inboard CV joint on the outboard side? > -- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender...
Re: CV Joint advice]
Historical mailing list - Rob & Lrae Winterkorn
Sat, 3 Jul 1999 23:25:49 -0500
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Clicking from rear axle and CV wear
Historical mailing list - Lionel Tun
Fri, 10 Jan 1997 21:26:59 -0000
I had a click-click-click from the rear axle when turning right, so I had the left hand inner CV joint replaced. The...
Re: Book time for CV Joint work?
Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
Tue, 25 Apr 2006 19:58:05 -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 joint reversal?
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:03:58 -0600
...CV joints while they were > out for longer wear - - does this mean just reversing the axle > end-for-end, or taking the CV joints...
weeping tranny seal at cv joint
Historical mailing list - rgolen
Thu, 18 Nov 2004 11:11:16 -0500
Hi, Before I send my Westy to be repaired, I have a trans leak where the axle comes out to the CV joints. The...
Re: AMC Cylinder Head Question
Historical mailing list - David Kao
Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:24:56 -0800
...But honestly I did not check the CV joint. So that is indeed something to check. The CV joints have been reasonably quiet for...
Re: CV joint repair american way.
Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
Sun, 21 Mar 1999 23:28:13 -0500
...CV joint repair american way. > > > I think I remember over on the 'other list'(Type 1 or Type2) that the CV > joint > "allen" head...
Re: CV joints/Axle options
Historical mailing list - William Monk
Tue, 12 Mar 2019 09:04:21 -0400
...It’s gotten louder over time and It sounds like a bad CV joint, so I presume that’s it.. >> >> What are our CV...
Re: CV joint raceway opinion
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 27 Feb 2015 10:39:32 -0500
...When turning the front outer wheel travels further than the inner rear enough that the rear CV joints get back driven. Overly aggressive viscous...
Re: CV Boot replacement...
Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
Mon, 19 Mar 2001 23:04:48 -0800
Scott D Foss wrote: > Dan, > > of course by now you know you can undo the outer CV joint screws in place > with an extension...
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...
Re: Stripped CV Joint Bolt
Historical mailing list - Matt Barclay
Thu, 26 May 2005 11:43:42 -0700
...Stripped CV Joint Bolt > Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 06:57:31 -0700 > > One of the 12-point CV joint bolts on the transmission...
CV Joint boot blues
Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
Sat, 13 Dec 1997 02:53:00 -0600
...Can anyone tell me how a brand new outer cv joint boot on a 90 GL with less than 1K on it can be...
cv joint lubing
Historical mailing list - Steve Manning
Fri, 20 Mar 1998 09:48:04 -0600
Simple question, Is there a way to lube a cv joint without dropping it? It seems that you could remove the boot clamp and...
CV Joints
Historical mailing list
Fri, 21 Jun 1996 11:15:53 -0400
Just a quick note; You were asking about cheep places for CV joints. I personally have had the experience of replacing my CV joints...
CV lube helper
Historical mailing list - BILL
Wed, 17 Feb 1999 17:24:21 -0700
...By making a "gaget" that attaches to the CV joint with a grease fitting on it. You just simply pump your grease through the...
5 speed SA transmission issue
Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
Sat, 29 Mar 2003 19:58:11 -0500
...Just as I was finishing the job and reconnecting things I realized the flanges for the CV joint were larger than those on my...
Re: NVC Re: Stevens Creek Volkswagen in Santa Clara
Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:59:24 -0500
Well look, either camp out in the service office, beating them over the head with the warranty and the "CV Joints" highlighted and circled...
Re: CV joint hard times
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Thu, 10 Mar 2005 15:41:35 -0600
...Jim On Mar 10, 2005, at 1:10 PM, Don Williams wrote: > I just spent a very uncomfortable weekend greasing my CV joints on...
Re: CV joint bolt lock washers
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Tue, 13 Jun 2017 23:40:15 -0600
Maybe got the Bolts from the wrong supplier ~ http://www.t3technique.com/suspension-and-drivetrain/drivetrain-parts/cv-joints,-boots,-etc/cv-bolt-and...
Re: CV Joints
Historical mailing list - Benny boy
Fri, 20 Aug 2004 11:42:54 -0400
...just doing the passenger side CV's.<<<<< http://www.benplace.com/cv_joint_maintenance.htm Nop to your question, but make sure to clean...
CV Joint packing
Historical mailing list - Bill H.
Thu, 6 Jan 2005 13:14:27 -0800
This might be a silly question but I will be packing a CV joint for the first time and there has to be a...
axle straightness, was Re: Sounds Like a Bad CV joint?
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Mon, 10 Feb 2014 16:43:26 -0800
...imagine that even slightly bent axles would have an effect on driving smoothness and perhaps have an effect on bearings and cv joints alistair
Re: CV joint boot kit - what to do with the large washer?
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Fri, 10 Sep 2004 10:47:10 -0500
...2004 10:23 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: CV joint boot kit - what to do with the large washer? I put...
Re: CV Joint ?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 2 Jun 2011 23:01:28 -0700
here's how I check CV joints, even if they had blue balls previously. one ...like you did Don ..check that the axle slides...
Re: Help removing stripped CV joint bolts
Historical mailing list - Bostig Eng
Sun, 10 Dec 2006 09:33:35 -0500
...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 Joint Wear
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:27:15 -0400
...mean > put the left axel on the right side, or inboard CV joint on the > outboard side? If you turn the axle end for...
Re: Thump, Thump, Thump when turning????
Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
Wed, 21 Nov 2001 09:24:21 -0700
CV joint?
Re: Flipping Axles to Maximize CV Joint Wear
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 17 Mar 2013 01:19:13 -0400
...Flipping Axles to Maximize CV Joint Wear I've just spent the past hour digging through the archives. No joy. (This is why changing...
CV joints - anyone tried these?
Historical mailing list - mordo
Fri, 8 Jun 2007 13:53:22 -0500
...Jim On Jun 8, 2007, at 10:24 AM, mordo wrote: > Has any one here used these CV joints? > > *http://tinyurl.com/268gf3* > > -- > mordo...
Re: cv joints, sounds and other symptoms
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 29 Mar 1999 06:50:20 -0500
...I am familiar with the click sound that can come from cv joints going >bad (mine have been clicking for years) Has anyone out...
latest info needed on cv joints
Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:14:12 -0400
...Parts Store) "831-426-1244 (Phone) what do you recommend for cv joints, rebuilt axles from go westy? don't want chinese made. what...
Re: CV Joint issues
Historical mailing list - Matt Barclay
Fri, 17 Jun 2005 09:29:56 -0700
Yeah, the Bentley spec says you should be able to move the CV Joint through its range of motion by hand. I had to...
CV joint boots
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 16 Aug 2021 02:02:04 +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: CV Joints-DONE! Next! Fuel tank.
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 26 Feb 2012 08:00:18 -0500
...CV Joints-DONE! Next! Finished up replacing the CV joints on the left axle today on my '85 Weekender, but <sigh> we know as...
Re: CV Joint Vibration
Historical mailing list - Benny boy
Mon, 19 Mar 2007 21:25:24 -0400
...http://www.benplace.com/cv_joint_swap.htm Something is wrong, good CV don'T make vibration or noise. Still, i have my doubts...
Re: AMC Cylinder Head Question
Historical mailing list - David Kao
Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:47:37 -0800
Before AAA tow truck arrived I did try to yank the drive shafts to see if any of the CV joints had disconnected or...
Re: Mike B's Method For Removing Outer CV Joints
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:50:16 -0800
...it's a lot, lot harder on the outboard CV joint screws of course .. but I have done many that way. on the inners...
Re: CV Joint questions and anwers anyone?
Historical mailing list - Bill N
Mon, 12 May 2003 06:37:32 -0700
...I have had CV joints turn up dry on several occasions, and I know they were heavily greased with the proper stuff. It is...
Re: Funny clunking noise
Historical mailing list - Chris Radcliffe
Mon, 6 Aug 2001 22:46:11 -0700
From my experience, don't assume you have any "grace period with CV joints." My own 68 Bus (a Sundial Camper) had CV troubles...
CV Joint cleaning & lubrication
Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
Sun, 7 May 2017 19:26:20 -0600
Hi, I finally got the nerve up to dive into my CV joint's. I couldn't get the CV off the shaft, but...
Warnout Syncro CV joint WTB !!!!!
Historical mailing list - EMZ
Mon, 27 Jul 1998 12:26:04 -0400
Anyone have any (bad) outer front CV joint they would like to put to good use. I have a Syncro that I need to...
Is this behavior normal for an inner front Syncro CV joint?
Historical mailing list - John-Reed Maffeo (rlpa80)
Tue, 25 Jan 2000 20:41:39 -0700
When I rotate the inner CV joint around the axle shaft, there seems to be a 'hitch' in the bearings. A hitch being a...
SF CV Joint? Update
Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
Thu, 1 Oct 2009 19:33:41 -0700
Greased and retorqued the clackety CV joint while at our camping spot. I carry a torque wrench and CV lube with the rest of...
Re: CV joints
Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
Sat, 6 Dec 1997 12:53:40 EST
If the axles will not come out of the CV joint once you remove the C-clip _DO NOT HAMMER _ on the axle ends...
cv joint question
Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
Tue, 15 Oct 2013 16:54:00 -0500
...I finally removed one side to replace the cv joints and noticed a difference between the old and the new lobro ones. The new...
Re: CV joint Angle?
Historical mailing list - The Skylight Guy
Fri, 5 Jan 2001 20:25:20 -0800
...I did replace one CV joint about three years ago and I truly believe the replacement of this CV joint was not caused by...
Re: If you've replaced your CV joints--please read
Historical mailing list
Tue, 18 Feb 1997 12:17:14 -0500 (EST)
...Just in case your wondering if your CV joint is original > > or not. Mine were marked 12/82. Now one side is marked 5...
Re: CV joint question
Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
Fri, 16 Aug 2002 09:33:22 -0400
...CV joint question I am about to install a new inboard CV joint. The new joint I got from VW is incredibly tight/stiff...
Bum CV joint summary.
Historical mailing list - John Grunkemeier
Fri, 21 Jun 1996 13:38:31 -0700 (PDT)
Fellow VWers, Well thanks Joel Walker, Kyle Wade, John Sirutus, Ken Hooper, Chris Venema, and Geosh Fathauer for the advice on my CV joint...
Re: worn cv joint symptom?
Historical mailing list - Dylan Spurgin
Fri, 28 Jun 2002 00:17:05 -0500
...Is that a symptom of worn-out cv joint? > >Jim >W88kender >Los Angeles Dylan Spurgin 81 Westy - Elly the Electric Elephant http://www.spurgin...
Re: CV joints
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:08:44 -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: Rear Vibration
Historical mailing list - J Stewart
Sun, 8 Sep 2013 12:08:57 +0000
...It was, of course, the CV joints which were caked with dry, gritty, grease. I know you said you replaced the CV joints, but...
Re: Help removing stripped CV joint bolts
Historical mailing list - Mike
Sun, 10 Dec 2006 10:04:08 -0500
...Help removing stripped CV joint bolts > > Anyone out there know of a tool for stuck/stripped/rounded out CV Joint > bolt? I'm swapping...