All good advice, but don't look at them too closely or you will likely find
a couple of pitted balls and grooves worn in the races.  Probably good for
many more miles, but I replace them when I see this.  Still have to pack the
new ones, and cleaning with lacquer thinner or brake cleaner is necessary on
new ones too.

Stuart

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Jeff Lincoln
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2013 10:46 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Cleaning CV

I finally got to starting the clutch replacement on Gertie ('85, 1.9)

When I got the axles removed fromt he trans I discovered that the passenger
side CV seems to have some pretty old grease in it. ANy suggestions on the
best way to clean that up and prepare it for adding some fresh grease -
Without disassembling it. I mean I can figure it out on the basic side but
is there anything I shouldn't do - or anything specific I should do?

The Driver side looked fine and has some nice clean grease in it.

Advice as always is appreciated.
Thanks,

Jeff
'85 GL (Gertie)
'78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus