Tom,

Ya gotta put common sense behind you here, and match up the grooves on the
hub opposite of the direction of the grooves on the housing.  The balls will
no longer move back and forth, but now the joint will work.

Karl Wolz

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Young" <tomyoung1@HOME.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 1:26 PM
Subject: HELP!! CV Joints!!

> 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.
>
> This is making absolutely no sense to me.  The hub's only contact with
> the rest of the CV joint is through the balls, right?  And if things
> are loose enough that the balls will move out and back, why the heck
> won't the hub move????
>
> This is driving me crazy and any help (in explaining the problem, not
> in driving me crazy) sure will be appreciated.
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> Tom Young                      tomyoung1@home.com
> Lafayette, CA 94549        '81 Vanagon
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