In my experience in Alaska the extreme cold exacerbates the conditons
brought on by wear and lack of lubrication. If your CV's are near, at,
or beyond wear limits then the cold opens up the clearances even more
making the noise and vibration even worse. And worst of all, moves you
that more close to parts failure. The cold also inhibits lubrication. So
you have the worst possible combination... worn, almost to the failing
point parts combined with little or no lub. Now add to that the scenario
of ...."It was a dark and stormy night along the mountain pass road, and
it was beginning to snow heavily.....!""" and you can be sure that Fate
will arrive riding a Black Stallion in the snow, and the parts will fail
on the spot!!!

No time like the present time to make a pre-emptive strike against fate,
and replace those CV's with new ones with fresh and adequate amounts of
lub grease.!!!

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Erin Randolph wrote:

>Hello all,
>   Among the many issues my Vanagon has, The CV's are
>noisy (Its also below zero here) but i get some
>vibration every once in a while along with the noise.
>The van shifts fine, and there is no noise coming from
>the tranny, or fluid leakage at the flanges.  Has
>anyone ever heard of this happening with the CV
>joints?  In all the vans ive owned, i have only had
>the noise, and then they usually just (in extreme
>cases) fall off the car.  Any thoughts?
>                                             -Erin R.
>
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