I drove one of my Vanagons with noisy CV joints for years until
I finally could not bear with it. In my opinion you should be
able to make it home as is. You may be able to drive without
problems for a much longer time. You have plenty of time to take
care of it with quality CV parts back home. You can do it yourself
if you want to save money.

David

--- On Mon, 10/5/09, Cunegonde <cunegonde.van.westfalia@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> From: Cunegonde <cunegonde.van.westfalia@GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: SF CV Update/Question
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Date: Monday, October 5, 2009, 10:42 AM
> Got here with no problems after I
> greased (with no-name CV moly
> grease) and re-torqued (Torque wrench is part of my travel
> toolkit)
> the passenger side trans CV. It was dry, having leaked when
> the bolts
> were loose before.
>
> Question: drive 750 miles back to Seattle, as long as the
> joint
> remains silent? Or tear down and rebuild/repack/retorque
> while in East
> Bay? I only have the stock jack, and no workspace.
> If going to rebuild, Recommended FLAPS in SF or Oakland?
>
> Thanks for your expertise!
>
>
> Bretts
> '83.5 1.9l WBX Ivory Westfalia "Cunegonde"
>