Damn lucky that was a low speed failure John!  ;)

We put a lot of trust in the person who previously maintained our
vehicles...

On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 2:05 PM, John Bange <jbange@gmail.com> wrote:

> I found out what's worse than the DPO's mechanic not torquing down the 6
> left side inner CV bolts: him torquing down only ONE of them. If they were
> all loose, surely I would have heard the horrible rattling noise of a loose
> CV joint. Instead, that ONE tight bolt held the CV joint fast against the
> transaxle flange, and so long as ONE of the other five bolts was at least a
> half turn into its hole, all seemed well. As soon as that last bolt fell
> out, THWACK! The CV joint flipped off the flange and snapped off that one
> tight bolt. Fortunately it happened in the parking lot at work, so I was
> able to make a quick and dirty (VERY dirty) jury rig by stealing three
> bolts
> from the right side and drove home without incident with three on each
> side.
>
> I had intended to go over all that stuff with a torque wrench when I bought
> the van, but what with one thing and another, I've ended up driving it
> daily
> for work while dawdling with the Subaru swap on my work van. One more
> stupid
> thing to check on a newly purchased van: if the CV boots look too new to be
> original, CV bolts could be loose!
>
> --
> John Bange
>

--
Jake

1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX - 'The Grey Van'
1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Subie - 'Dixie'

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