I put my van on stands and hit each allen head with my power washer, being
careful to not hit the boots, though all my vans now have triple square
bolts. Then I hit each 'well' with spray lubricant, then scrape with a tiny
screw driver that has a curved tip. After scraping, I spray with lubricant
again to wash out debris. I insert allen and tap it nice and hard several
times. When you go to loosen, be sure not to turn into Godzilla! Very
gently apply force.....
Read tutorial, assemble properly so you only do this once.
Miguel

On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Jason <uberhare@gmail.com> wrote:

> Channel lock 410.  Visegrips suck in comparasin.
> On 2012-02-19 4:11 PM, "Daryl Christensen" <daryl@aatransaxle.com> wrote:
>
> > I have had good luck by pounding a Torx bit into where the original 6
> > point was..Something like a T35 or T40 bit grabs quite nicely...
> >
> > Daryl of AA Transaxle
> > 425-788-4070
> > "On the cutting edge of Old technology"
> > 86 Syncro Westy w/Turbo Zetec in the trunk
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> > Of J Stewart
> > Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2012 7:40 AM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Mike B's Method For Removing Outer CV Joints
> >
> > Well, I did it to myself (someone even cautioned me about this) , back
> > between Christmas and New Years I pulled my dash to replace my locked up
> > front blower motor, not a fun job! I stated here on this list that the
> next
> > job, left side CV joints was next and it would be a piece o' cake
> compared
> > tot the blower motor. I did the right axle last summer and it was not a
> bad
> > job, however this morning on the very first CV bolt I tried to remove
> from
> > the outer joint I managed to round it out. I even cleaned inside the bolt
> > head with a pick and tapped the hex head socket into head of the bolt to
> > seat it as far as possible, and it still stripped out-no need to go
> further
> > at this point. I went to "Been There, Done That" and found the write up
> on
> > CV joints with an addendum by Mike B. on removing the outer 46mm nut on
> the
> > axle, yada, yada, yada. He says this is the "short version" of how to do
> > this, and I'm not quite getting it-where can I find the "long version"?
> Not
> > sure now if this is a job I'm going to finish today, it being Sunday and
> I
> > am not off work tomorrow, it's beginning to look like a Saturday morning
> > job for next weekend. TIA for any advice.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Jeff Stewart
> >
>