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Subject:Re: CV joints
From:Rob
Date:Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:29:25 -0800

At  2/17/2008 09:07 PM,John Rodgers wrote:
>BTW, these balls ARE NOT interchangeable between bearing races. In
>fact, each ball should go back into the groove from which it came,
>because of the wear patterns in this unique kind of flexible bearing .

If that's a fact then Scott has the best way to deal with them other
than buying new.

At  2/17/2008 01:38 PM,Scott Daniel - Shazam wrote:
>I never take those balls out and cages apart.
>I just check for excessive rotational play, and if that's not too excessive,
>I add more black slimy moly type grease.  And I never have a CV joint
>problem.

Rob
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