Thanks Rob.

IIRC, I read it when I installed new CV's but it just didn't create a
good mental pic, for me, at the time.

Thanks for explaining it. I'm sure they will be due for an regrease soon!

Neil.

On 2/17/08, Rob <becida@comcast.net> wrote:
> At  2/17/2008 12:16 PM, neil N wrote:
> >I was thinking of that the other day. Using a Pittman puller to pull
> >off CV. Glad to know the (right sized) Pittman puller works.
> >
> >Did you use the 1- 5/16" Pittman puller? (the size used for seperating
> >VAnagon front end stuff)
>
> I'm using a generic pitman arm puller, the one I have.
>
>
> >Not to knock Bentley (or your success with it!) but as a CV newbie,
>
> It's been a LONG time since did CV joints, it I wasn't on a budget
> I'd have ordered new ones. I have always had a hard time putting them
> back together but I really followed the directions this time.
> The 'key' to reassy was page 42.9 drawing 40-012, (Vanagon Bentley).
> Make sure the skinny part (grooves) on the inner and wide part
> (grooves) on the outer ring are like the picture, it just folds in
> like it's supposed to.
>
>
>
> Rob
>
> becida@comcast.net
> Western Washington State, USA
>
>

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