Let me add to this that the majority of CV failures (lately) on my
vehicles are the boots. I still recommend you crawl under the bus
occasionally and look around.

Drive Safely & Good Luck
Ken Lewis    <Kernersville,NC>
86 VW crewcab;60 356B Coupe
--------------------------------------------------

On Tue, 11 Jul 2000 21:55:06 EDT Dennis Lockwood <Jshopper1@aol.com>
writes:
>Vanagoners,
>
>While the list was down, I decided to do a CV replacement job.  I did
>it
>myself, it was not difficult.  It was very messy, all that grease.
>
>After 30 years of VW ownership, 29 years of Type II ownership and 20
>years of
>water cooled VW ownership I have formed the following conclusion.  Can
>any of
>you verify this with your experiences?
>
>In my experience, VW CV's give lots and lots of warning when they are
>about
>to fail.  I have never had one fail as I always replace them before it
>is too
>late.  Case in point, my 91 Carat.  It has been making the familiar CV
>joint
>warning knock for almost a year.  But, it would knock one time
>(usually
>starting from stop on a turn) for a few dozen yards and quit.  It
>would not
>repeat for (give or take) a month.  Then it would do it again one
>time.
>These symptoms went on for about a year, enough time for me to
>purchase
>replacement CV's.  Then it did the familiar knock routine twice in the
>same
>week.  That sent me over the edge and I replaced both CV's on the
>passenger
>side immediately.
>
>By the way, my Vanagon has an automatic transmission so swapping half
>shafts
>was not an option.
>
>The repair took 4 or 5 hours of my time.  I had to run down to FLAPS
>and get
>them to press off the old CV from one end.  I was able to beat the
>other old
>CV off with my trusty 8 pound hand sledge and a drift.
>
>For those considering trying this repair, do it.  It is not difficult,
>just
>messy.  Bentley does not offer too much help, but you can figure it
>out.  My
>advice, do both CV's on a half shaft.  If you need advice, the list is
>here
>to help.
>
>Dennis Lockwood
>91 Carat
>Original Owner

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