One way the rear can get that bad is if the axle lock was engaged all
the time.
                                                ERic

Jason Willenbrock wrote:

> hey all,
> for those of you who know, i have been doing the PM on my 87 syncro
> westy project. (rescued syncro with 70k on it, absolutely no trim but
> engine strong and tranny seemingly strong, getting it prepped and
> ready to paint)  anyways, i pulled the rear cvs.  it took a good day
> to get them out, clean them up and disassemble them. well this is what
> i uncovered:  cages on two of them completely cracked, severe wear
> pattern fom the ball, and all kinds of dents and dings on the outter
> disk showing someone has screwed around with these before, a hack no
> less.  anyways, i am doing some private eye work here.  on a
> relatively low mileage van, not well maintained though, how could the
> cv's be in such bad shape?  ran out of grease from bad boots and found
> out too late? looks they like they binded up in a bad way. but how
> could all four be so bad?  i am curious how they could get so bad.
> any ideas here?
> jason
>
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