Just be a nice guy and I'll ship you a set of either Automatic or Standard
half shafts without the CV for $20.00 the pair.

Stan Wilder
Engine Ceramics
214-352-4931
www.engineceramics.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Rodgers" <inua@CHARTER.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 5:59 PM
Subject: Re: Didn't know there was two different CV joints.

> Sounds like someone did a bootleg repair sometime back.
>
> Plain shafts should be around and easily acquired, as many Vanagons as
> there are today being canabalized. The Trannies and Engines go, but I
> wonder if there is much demand for the shafts. They don't get used up
> like engines and trannies.
>
> Just find a proper shaft.
>
> Good Hunting.
>
> Regards,
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
>
> VWNut Hawk wrote:
>
> >I didn't mean that the other side is necessarily a different.
> >I don't have the other side off and can't tell.
> >
> >All I know is that busdepot shows one CV for 68-91.
> >And that it's for manual and automatic.
> >But the damn thing I have has fewer splines and won't take
> >the new CV.
> >Maybe I've got a shaft from a different VW?
> >Strange....
> >
> >
> >
> >>>>Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET> 12/22/2004 4:37:13 PM >>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >Though I haven't replaced the CVs on the axles of my '84 automatic, I
> >have
> >serviced them.
> >
> >The left and right axles are of different lengths (which seems to be
> >common
> >knowledge) but all 4 CV joints are identical.
> >
> >Mike
> >'84 GL 7 pass auto
> >'85 GL Westy 4 spd
> >
> >
> >
> >>That's interesting. Though I don't drive an automatic, I've read a
> >>
> >>
> >lot
> >
> >
> >>on the sutomatics, and there has been a lot of discussion about them
> >>
> >>
> >and
> >
> >
> >>I have never heard of different numbers of splines right shaft vs
> >>
> >>
> >left
> >
> >
> >>shaft. The lengths are different but this is new one to me.
> >>
> >>Maybe someone out there really knows.
> >>
> >>Regards,
> >>
> >>John Rodgers
> >>88 GL Driver
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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