Wouldn't that be a good time to grease the bearings, and install a Zerk
fitting for ease of future greasing??

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Mike wrote:
> Another big help..........
>
> If the bolts in the trailing arm end (the black hole!) are playing
> hard to
> get, just remove the inner joints and drop them down.  Then, remove
> the axle
> nut, and pull the stub axle out.  Now you can easily get to them for
> cleaning, vice grips, easy-outs, drilling or whatever is necessary to
> remove
> them all!
>
>
> HTH,
> Mike B.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bostig Eng" <syncrolist@BOSTIG.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2006 9:33 AM
> Subject: Re: Help removing stripped CV joint bolts
>
>
>> Put a pair of visegrips on the outside of the head, along with an
>> allen if
>> you have any grip left. They must be VERY tight on the outside of the
>> head,
>> but they'll usually give. We do this quite a bit on rounded out CV bolts
>> and
>> it always works.
>>
>> Good luck,
>>
>> Jim
>>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: chris [mailto:chris@MCCLURKEN.COM]
>> Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 11:59 AM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Help removing stripped CV joint bolts
>>
>> Anyone out there know of a tool for stuck/stripped/rounded out CV Joint
>> bolt? I'm swapping the transmission on my 85 GL and I've found a
>> nightmare or stripped bolts. The outside of the bolts look kind of
>> threaded which makes me think whoever messed with them last used a
>> tool...but I have no idea what.
>>
>> Suggestions appreciated...
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Chris
>> Nashville, TN
>> 85 Vanagon GL manual
>>
>