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• CV Joint Questions
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Tue, 30 Sep 1997 12:51:09 -0400
  Listees, we're about to replace two CV joints on the rear axles of our '86 Syncro Westfalia with two new Lobro joints. One...
• Re: Cleaning up CV joint for spare
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Mon, 27 Jul 2015 21:41:52 -0400
  Make sure the moly grease you use is Synthetic or Semi-synthetic moly grease for CV joints. In my 42 years experience with Lobro...
• Re: Refresh my memory about inner tie rods someone! Parts quality.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 3 Nov 2020 18:55:05 -0800
  ...The = other is the same basic joint, except that it is taller than the stock = joint. This moves the pivot point of the joint...
• Re: CV Grease replacements
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 4 May 1995 02:19:09 -0400
  Two weeks ago I paid $0.64 each for 3.5ounce packs of regular CV joint grease (the blue stuff) at a Univeral Joint...
• CV joint question
  Historical mailing list - Will Morris
  Tue, 22 Feb 2005 22:18:44 -0500
  I was taking my CV joints apart for maintenace last night and found that when I went to take the joints off the end...
• Re: Upper Ball Joints
  Historical mailing list - John Brown
  Wed, 15 Nov 1995 17:20:16 -0800 (PST)
  I just replaced my upper right ball joint last weekend. Took about 2 hours total. The biggest problem was ordering the $143 ball joint...
• Re: CV Joints
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 5 May 2014 09:34:45 -0700
  ...What you call cv, constant velocity joints, are properly called rzeppa joints. They are better than u joints but I believe they are not...
• CV Joints ( rear )
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Wed, 14 May 2003 09:06:09 -0700
  looks like my CV joint screws like to come loose found 1 just hangin out again, they are the new star type. BTW I...
• CV Joint diagnosis
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Sun, 25 Feb 2007 19:26:35 -0500
  I was about to ask the list about the tick-tocking in the rear that I suspect to be a bad CV joint when...
• Are There Junk Ball Joints?
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Mon, 23 Sep 2002 12:07:49 -0400
  I went to research syncro ball joints and noticed massive price differences. The cheapest I could find front joints from VW was about $90...
• CV Joint separation from axle shaft
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Thu, 25 Nov 1999 12:24:19 -0800
  Listees, In the process of replacing a torn CV joint boot, I have removed the half shaft from the rear suspension. I am ready...
• Re: 924 cv joints
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 12 Sep 2007 07:33:22 -0400
  At 01:03 AM 9/12/2007, Reinhard Vehring wrote... >I bought a Porsche 924 cv joint...I'm surprised how >similar they are...
• re-driveshaft and U-Joint
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Fri, 12 Sep 1997 11:02:48 -0600
  SyncroBeast re:driveshaft and U-Joint Dano Sometime within the last 2 months, someone wrote in and mentioned that they took the failed u...
• CV Joints
  Historical mailing list - clerkin
  Mon, 30 Jul 2001 12:19:39 -0500
  Hey guys, I just got new cv joints and I had a question about them. They are really stiff and do not move around...
• Re: Removing the top ball joint.
  Historical mailing list - P. Marston
  Fri, 16 Jun 2000 14:40:07 +0100
  When I replaced mine I removed the top ball joint by hammering on the flat on the hub itself (parallel to the ball joint...
• Cost effective,,expected for 60,000mi svc
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Mon, 10 Apr 2000 20:43:58 EDT
  ...If you haven't had the grease in the CV joints replaced in 60,000k I would do it. >> CV joint grease isn't...
• CV joints
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:57:32 -0800
  I'm doing CV joints, buying a tube of grease rather than the 4 initial bags of it was my first (and only so...
• About CV Joints
  Historical mailing list - Peter Larsson
  Fri, 22 Nov 1996 00:18:18 +0100
  If you remove a joint from the driveshaft, can you just mount it back on the splines, or do you have to "line it...
• 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...
• cv joints
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 05 Apr 94 18:51:48 CDT
  ...discounted, the joint/boot/grease kit is $120. ouch). FLAPS has it for $100. still ouch. Bus Constant Velocity Joint, with boot, with grease...
• Re: CV Joint separation from axle shaft-REPORT
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Mon, 29 Nov 1999 07:14:57 -0800
  Listees, Using the suggested Haynes method, as "tuned" by Listee suggestions, I removed the CV joint with about five "moderate" taps of a rounded...
• Re: CV Joint separation from axle shaft
  Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
  Thu, 25 Nov 1999 16:10:08 -0600
  ...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: Upper Ball Joint Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 22 May 2003 00:08:53 EDT
  ...Tie rod joint removal tool for upper ball joints and tie rod end joints. For the lower ball joints I used a pitman arm...
• Re: Front Inner Syncro CV Joints Question
  Historical mailing list - Rennie Wible
  Wed, 7 Feb 2001 19:52:03 -0800
  Ken, According to ETKA, the inner cv joints are 251 501 331, which is the same P/N as the rear ones. Rennie KENWILFY...
• Re: re-driveshaft and U-Joint
  Historical mailing list - bpremack
  Fri, 12 Sep 1997 21:18:08 -0500
  I am waiting for UPS to deliver the "correct" Syncro driveshaft u-joints. When and if they work as promised, I will make a...
• Re: 924 cv joints
  Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
  Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:01:02 -0700
  ...According to http://www.924.org/parts/parts.htm , 924 CV joints _are_ bus joints (113 501 331D), but the p/n given is...
• What is the best grease for CV joints?
  Historical mailing list - email99
  Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:57:08 -0500
  What is the best grease for CV joints? It goes without saying that it is imperative to use the proper molybdenum enhanced high-temperature...
• Re: small steering universal joint size?
  Historical mailing list - John Scheckel
  Mon, 15 Feb 1999 12:51:35 -0800
  Mark Gajewski wrote: > > Max Fenner wrote: > > > >Has anyone ever had to replace the tiny universal joint in the steering > > >(power steering, 86 syncro). Bently...
• 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: Lower ball joint boot question
  Historical mailing list - Ray Brubaker
  Mon, 26 Jun 2023 20:43:47 -0400
  Eric, You could change the boot if the joint had no play in it but good luck finding one. I had the same situation...
• CV joints
  Historical mailing list - Dean Paul Karpowicz
  Tue, 5 Apr 1994 16:40:39 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Are older bus and Vanagon CV joints the same (interchangeable)??? I was looking at some prices listed in a magazine for good bus joints...
• CV joints/Axle options
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sun, 10 Mar 2019 21:53:24 -0400
  ...What are our CV joint/axle options these days? I see 944 joints listed for greater articulation ( I have a Syncro), but 944 folks...
• 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...
• cv-joints: Constant Velocity Marihuana?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 07 Jul 94 14:05:20 CDT
  alistair bell said: >flip the axles end for end so that the "other faces" of the cv joints >are taking the wear (when driving...
• Front Inner Syncro CV Joints Question
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 7 Feb 2001 10:58:04 EST
  Had a question about the inner front CV joints for a Syncro Vanagon. A customer of mine insists that these are the same are...
• Re: CV Joints
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Mon, 5 May 2014 09:57:33 -0600
  ...Aligning is even relevant with modern CV joints, although purists supposedly match the splines so that each joint is aligned. The problem is really...
• Re: 924 cv joints
  Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
  Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:49:21 -0700
  ...The balls move in the slots if the joint is extended or bent. Once the balls hit the end of the slot the joint...
• CV joint binding
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sullivan
  Mon, 28 Feb 2000 09:55:20 -0800
  ...Removed the CV joints to re-grease them and replace the torn boots. As I reassemble the joints, I'm having some trouble. Three...
• Re: small steering universal joint size?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Gajewski
  Mon, 15 Feb 1999 09:17:05 -0500
  Max Fenner wrote: > >Has anyone ever had to replace the tiny universal joint in the steering > >(power steering, 86 syncro). Bently describes it as...
• cv joint advice?
  Historical mailing list - Timmy Evens
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014 18:52:39 -0700
  so i've gone through more cv joints than i think is appropriate. i've got 2.0 aba engine setup and manual tranny...
• CV Joint issues
  Historical mailing list - Leon
  Fri, 17 Jun 2005 08:12:52 -0700
  Has anyone ever come across "stiff" CV joint? I just installed brand new joints on both axles and after driving Vanagon noticed "pulsed" power...
• Re: Ball joints replacement
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sun, 23 Aug 1998 08:50:59 -0500
  ...Big hint, be sure the lower joints are properly oriented before insertion. After doing the ball joints on my van I did buy a...
• Re: CV joint binding
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Mon, 28 Feb 2000 13:45:43 -0500
  Hi Steve, Are you sure you have the large and small grooves lined up properly? The joint shouldn't bind at all. I know...
• Re: CV joint raceway opinion
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 28 Feb 2015 21:19:56 +0000
  Is there any knowledge concerning this looseness increasing the risk of CV joint failure? I serviced a CV axle on my 92 Golf last...
• Lower ball joint boot question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 26 Jun 2023 17:07:31 -0400
  Question on lower ball joint boot. My 84 has a ripped lower ball joint boot. I’m wondering if I can replace it and...
• CV Joint Grease
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Sep 1995 23:21:12 -0500
  I just replaced all four CV joints on my '79 bus. Possibly the nastiest job on the whole vehicle. Got four new German "racing...
• Re: CV joints/Axle options
  Historical mailing list - William Monk
  Mon, 11 Mar 2019 08:57:24 -0400
  ...Don’t purchase the 944 complete axles as they don’t come with the same joint as ones sold by our vendors. It’s...
• Re: Ball joint question.
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Mon, 19 Apr 1999 02:14:59 +0200
  Volks, today I got the joint replaced, it was a real struggle to get it off. Usually when doing joints, the problem is getting...
• Re: cv joint lubing
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Fri, 20 Mar 1998 14:06:57 -0500
  ...We chose lamp oil because we had some and because it was unlikely to cause the joint any harm. We got the joint so...
• Re: CV Grease
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:11:29 -0400
  Everyone is absolutely correct that CV joint specific grease must be used. I am pretty sure that all of these contain the nasty black...
• Syncro Drive shaft U-Joints
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Jenkins
  Mon, 7 Jul 1997 10:54:53 -0400 (EDT)
  Fellow Syncronauts, If anyone has replaced the u-joints on the drive shaft, please let me know which u-joint you used. Please provide...
• Re: [Syncro] lower ball joint
  Historical mailing list - Leon
  Fri, 22 Apr 2005 11:27:32 -0700
  I am having hard time getting new lower ball joints for my 86 Syncro. My local parts guy keeps getting same 2wd joints labeled...
• Re: Lower Ball Joints...what is involved in "pressing them in"...?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Sat, 28 May 2005 08:22:19 -0700
  ...Lower ball joints are a PITA. (unless Syncro, they are easier than 2WD). Luckily, lower ball joints dont' usually where out as often as...
• Re: CV joint replacement questions
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Thu, 13 May 1999 21:13:19 -0500
  >Are you sure it's the CV-joint? That symptom sounds more like a failed >rear wheel bearing instead of a CV joint. Nope...
• Re: Lower Ball Joints!!!!!!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Thu, 1 Mar 2001 21:39:28 -0800
  Tom, I am not aware of the lower ball joints on Vanagons, only tie rods. Replaced those myself recently, fairly easy to do, just...
• Re: CV joints/Axle options
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Mon, 11 Mar 2019 18:33:24 -0400
  Chris, You want to get the OEM GKN CV Joints, and repack with Red Line grease! As for boots, the GKN boots are OEM...
• Re: CV boot problem repair problem continued
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Sat, 13 Aug 2016 20:02:02 -0400
  And be sure to use a quality synthetic or semi-synthetic CV joint specific grease. In my 42 years of servicing Lobro CV joints...
• Re: Ball joints
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Wed, 4 Jun 2003 10:44:54 -0700
  Most people only need the upper ball joints. Both my upper boots were ruptured. My lowers were OK. William > OK, I need to put...
• Lower Ball Joints!!!!!!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 1 Mar 2001 20:57:10 -0800
  ...A few days ago I installed new upper ball joints and shocks on my '81. It also needed the lower ball joints done but...
• RE: Upper Ball Joints
  Historical mailing list - Dyen Fred D.
  Tue, 5 Mar 1996 21:46:39 -0900 (AKST)
  Recently I crawled under the front of my 84 Vanagon and noticed to my dismay that the boots on the upper ball joints were...