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Subject:Re: [T2] HELP!! CV Joints!!
From:George Lyle
Date:Wed, 31 Jan 2001 13:18:19 -0800

On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Tom Young wrote:

> Hi all:
>
> I removed the CV joint that was full of transmission oil that I wrote
> about last time in order to clean it up and repack it.  I reassembled
> it, properly I think, but I'm having a problem.  The central hub of
> the CV joint (that thing with splines that fits on the axle itself)
> WILL NOT MOVE!  The cage moves back and forth, the balls move back and
> forth, but that central hub won't move at all, even if I put
> considerable pressure on it.

You put it together wrong.  There's a right way and a wrong way and you've
found the wrong way!  You can take it apart, but it's a bit of a puzzle!

George Lyle

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