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CV joint compatibility?
Historical mailing list - Geosh Fathauer
Tue, 23 Sep 1997 09:45:29 -0400
Greetings- I have an 85 vanagon with a very unhappy CV joint that needs to be replaced ASAP. I have an old one I...
Re: CV Joint Bolts
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Tue, 29 Aug 2000 19:25:13 -0700
...CV Joint Bolts > CV joint bolts don't take 'Allen' wrenches, but a 6 mm 12 point capscrew bit. > Sort of a special tool...
Re: Occasional "thunking" sound going uphill...
Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
Tue, 3 May 2005 10:56:46 -0400
Probably is CV joints.The way most diagnosis of this is made is by driving very slowly in a tight circle.Listen for clicking...
Re: CV questions (searched archives...some ;) possible air cooled mod
Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
Wed, 30 Aug 2006 21:50:02 -0500
I rebuilt my CV axles a couple of years ago based on the excellent article on Van-Cafe's site. Go to their homepage...
CV grease type?
Historical mailing list - Dave Perry
Sat, 20 Mar 1999 18:34:18 +0100
Quick one... Can I use standard extreme pressure (EP2) bearing grease in my Syncros front CV joints. Dave Perry 87 Syncro [text/html]
Re: Stripped CV Joint Bolt
Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
Thu, 26 May 2005 09:25:49 -0500
Cut the head of it off. Pull the CV joint. Grab the stub with the vice grips. It'll come out.
Re: Regreasing my CV's. Flip driveshafts on reinstall good idea?
Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:59:48 -0700
...Hence I'll flip each CV inside out. I took the driveshaft out and cleaned out the CV joints today. The inner CV joint...
Re: CV lube helper
Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
Fri, 19 Feb 1999 09:33:16 -0600
...This zerk / bolt would need to be screwed into the cv hole where the cv is slotted on the flange end. Some listee may...
Re: Redline:CV-2 High temp. CV grease
Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
Mon, 13 Jan 1997 19:19:57 -0800
...Roberts wrote: > > While buying Redline gear lube(Trans), noticed red line makes CV grease. > $8.00 a jar. I jar will probably do two...
Re: When was the last time you re-packed your CV joints?
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Mon, 18 Oct 2021 11:54:15 -0400
...What is the preferred CV grease these days? I want to keep some on hand for the next packing, and I’m fresh out...
Re: rear cv boots
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Wed, 26 Mar 2003 22:56:51 -0600
...Look at my article at http://volkscafe.com/articles/cvarticle/cvarticle.html for instructions on removal and diagnosis. tx, bmc :) Ben McCafferty ben@volkscafe...
Re: Warnout Syncro CV joint WTB !!!!!
Historical mailing list - PATT
Mon, 27 Jul 1998 20:27:38 -0400
I have a spare tranny and some 100mm cv's from a golf GTI. Rabbit/Golf inners are available in two flavors, 90 and...
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...
SF Bay Area CV Joint for Sale?
Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:23:50 -0700
> Cunegonde may need a new transmission-end passenger side CV joint. > She has a 1.9l wasserboxer with a 4-speed transmission. The bolts...
Re: CV joints/Axle options
Historical mailing list - Chris S
Mon, 11 Mar 2019 19:48:46 -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 joints/Axle options
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Mon, 11 Mar 2019 18:34:19 -0600
...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 lifespan?
Historical mailing list
07 Jan 97 07:19:53 PST
...How long would you expect a CV joint (inner) to last? I just recently took apart and salvaged for re-use the CV's...
Re: Cv boots
Historical mailing list - David McNeely
Sat, 14 Aug 2021 12:44:54 -0700
About 60k miles since I replaced cv boots, at the same time as cv joints. Of course, on some other non VW vehicles I...
Re: (rear) cv joint (again...)
Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
Fri, 10 Mar 2006 23:49:19 -0500
...If you look at Tom's website about the cv joints: http://volksweb.relitech.com/cvjoints.htm he has pictures in Step 4 of...
Re: CV axel repair
Historical mailing list - monte merrick
Thu, 13 Apr 2006 14:44:25 -0700
here's a link http://www.type2.com/bartnik/cvjoints.htm and i think tom's vw pages has a pretty clear description w...
Re: CV Grease
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:56:41 -0700
...Got some sorry looking dried up CV's. > > On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 3:32 PM, Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@gmail.com> wrote: > > > OK...
Rear CV Shaft Removal Question
Historical mailing list - Tyrone & Marilyn Greene
Sun, 19 Jul 1998 13:22:21 -0400
Folks I have a question, I have a 87 GL Syncro that is waiting to be fitted with new CV's (2) on the...
CV boot guards and Stone Deflectors?
Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
Mon, 2 Oct 2000 08:25:02 -0700
I'd love to have a set of the CV Boot Guards and Stone Deflectors before heading off to Mexico in the spring.... But...
Re: do bad CV joints click in a turn??
Historical mailing list - jimt
Thu, 19 May 2005 18:20:15 -0600
...can you really tell > if CVs are going bad on a Vanagon/Bus by listening for clicking in a tight > turn? Thought this only...
Re: 924 cv joints
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:50:54 +0000
Is the switch to 824 CV joints a "drop in" swap? I'm assuming that you need to replace all four? thanks, Todd
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...
90SyncroWesty "Front CV Boots"
Historical mailing list - Yoshi
Mon, 25 Dec 2000 21:39:38 +0900
Hi, Friend's CV boots tore. He tries to find those parts in Japan. But, he doesn't know that accurate size. If possible...
Re: CV Joint questions and anwers anyone?
Historical mailing list - Steve W
Sun, 11 May 2003 00:54:43 -0700
...Find the sock and find the grease. ;) Steve --- Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > Recently someone posted that their CV joint(s) > were drying...
Re: noise from transmission
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Fri, 10 Jan 2003 08:14:59 -0800
This is most likely CV joint related, in spite of any "checking" a mechanic may have done. A simple and cheap way to check...
Re: Pre-loading Rear Springs re Syncro Suspension (even long-er)
Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
Fri, 19 Jun 1998 12:59:12 -0700
...Schwenk wrote: > > If the cv's are designed to function at any angle within the range of the travel of the > suspension, how would...
Re: Rear End Vibrations
Historical mailing list - J Stewart
Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:23:07 +0000
FWIW, I too had a shake or shudder on acceleration and it was indeed the cv joints. I was also getting the occasional clunk...
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...
CV-Joints (was: Web Page Update / Crew Cab update)
Historical mailing list - Dr. Rainer Woitok
Tue, 8 Dec 1998 09:55:43 +0100
...I know that the "CV" in "CV-Joints" refers to "constant velocity". But what exactly does this mean? Under which conditions and where is...
storing CV boots
Historical mailing list
Thu, 30 Jan 1997 06:25:23 -0800
I have some CV boots (already mounted to axles with CV joints) that I won't be using for a while (several years maybe...
Re: CV Joint Bolts - Why are they 12 point?-reply
Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
Tue, 8 Sep 1998 16:39:14 EDT
JCLC Thomasson wonders: << Why are the CV joint bolts multi point when the hex that fits is of course 6 sided? Is there a...
CV boots
Historical mailing list - Normand Gagnon & Sylvie Brunet
Fri, 3 Mar 2000 23:10:23 -0500
My mecanics told me that CV boots for a Vanagon 85, are a special model (about 37$ CDN each). On the catalog of Bus...
Re: CV grease
Historical mailing list - Edward Nutter
Mon, 29 Oct 2001 18:09:34 -0800
CV grease is CV grease, aka moly-grease. Ask for either at any parts place. Aric Wilkerson wrote: > In perusing the archives I saw...
Re: cv joint bolts?
Historical mailing list - John Connolly
Mon, 28 Jul 2003 18:07:30 -0600
we have some very nice 12 point EXTERNAL serrated CV bolts, that use a conventional 12pt socket. Much easier IMO. John Aircooled.Net Inc.
Re: CV bolts and DPO mechanics
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:31:12 -0600
...if the CV boots look too new to be > original, CV bolts could be loose! > > -- > John Bange >
Re: Didn't know there was two different CV joints.
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Wed, 22 Dec 2004 16:06:50 -0600
...There are two many splines on the new CV. >Which buses use the lessor spline and which use the more splines? >How long should...
Re: Noise from left front wheel when making a right turn in my Syncro?
Historical mailing list - George Goff
Wed, 11 May 2005 09:54:17 EDT
...could this noise be the CV joint starting to fail? How can I check it? Any help appreciated. >> In my experience . . . a failing CV...
Re: Noisy CV's and vibration?
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Fri, 23 Jan 2004 12:55:15 -0600
If you want to try a quick fix for dry joints, go to your FLAPS and get a tube of CV joint grease and...
Re: CV joint raceway opinion(NVC)
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Fri, 27 Feb 2015 20:08:33 +0000
Speaking of CV joints, I had to have my 1992 VW Golf towed home last night by what looks like a cv joint failure...
Re: CV star head bolts
Historical mailing list - Mike
Mon, 9 Jul 2007 17:29:33 -0400
...CV star head bolts > can someone please confirm the bit for the star headed bolts on cv joints? > is it a torx 40? > > > thanks...
Re: Rear spring question
Historical mailing list - Pat
Fri, 17 May 2013 22:26:30 -0400
...It will only move so far before the CV joints bind. Loosening the CV bolts at the tranny end lets the axle get more...
Re: Raising '83.5 for CV work
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 26 Sep 1997 16:18:34 UT
...Raising '83.5 for CV work Changing CV joints is an awful lot easier if you can move the wheels. Invest in some good...
Re: CV Joint separation from axle shaft
Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
Fri, 26 Nov 1999 09:46:12 -0500
...CV Joint separation from axle shaft > > Listees, > > In the process of replacing a torn CV joint boot, I have removed the > half shaft from...
Re: CV removal tips?
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sun, 14 May 2006 14:57:45 -0500
...If all else fails you could heat the inner part of the CV with a simple propane torch while cooling the shaft with a...
CV Joints 80 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Mark Howser
Thu, 01 Feb 96 10:21:56 -0500
...I checked the outside CV boot on the right rear of my van. It was torn. I jacked up the rear end and there...
CV star head bolts
Historical mailing list - Bill MacLachlan
Mon, 9 Jul 2007 14:20:11 -0700
can someone please confirm the bit for the star headed bolts on cv joints? is it a torx 40? thanks all Bill M '82GL...
Silly CV abuse WAS: Re: Unknown vibration at light throttle settings.
Historical mailing list - Fred Porter
Sat, 21 Mar 1998 10:23:52 -0700
...Now I drive a '78 Westy that out of 4 CV joints has 1/2 > of a boot. None of the others are covered...
Re: CV boot guards and Stone Deflectors?
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Tue, 3 Oct 2000 18:16:43 -0700
There are CV boot protectors front and rear on the Volkswagen Iltis - these are more like big think flaps of rubber that sit infront...
Re: Was cv joint question
Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
Fri, 18 Oct 2013 14:07:20 -0500
...Then gear oil will mix > with the CV grease. > > I don't know what it is about the right side outer CV but that...
Re: cv joints more questions
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Fri, 23 Jan 2004 23:09:19 -0600
Erin, something that can happen and will cause vibrations is that some of the CV bolts may lossesn and back out to one degree...
Re: CV Joint Packing Grease?
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Thu, 6 Jan 2005 19:22:44 -0600
I've been buying molybdenum grease by Valvoline for 10 years and just giving my CVs about 5 strokes or pumps of grease twice...
Re: 924 cv joints
Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:01:02 -0700
...Reinhard --- Joel VanderKwaak <joelvanderkwaak@gmail.com> wrote: > Not sure if this answers your question, but several > cvs are compared here: > > http://www.blindchickenracing.com...
Re: Rear End Vibrations
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Thu, 12 Jul 2012 16:09:04 -0400
It does not seem likely that a bad CV joint would cause pulsing in your brake pedal. Typically it is caused by a warped...
Re: Rear axle replacement advice
Historical mailing list - Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski
Tue, 27 May 2014 15:16:43 -0500
When you say broken axle, I assume you mean the CV axle shaft, not the stub axle in the rear wheel hub. If it...
Re: cv joints
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 9 Apr 2010 09:08:39 -0400
At 10:51 PM 4/8/2010, eric luebbers wrote: >I am going to start repacking my cv's when the boots arrive. My...
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...