With the p.o. It wouldn't surprise me that he forgot to tighten them. I had
them all torqued to 33# without any issue. We have our last road trip of
the year this weekend, about 250 miles each way. I plan to re torque up
there.

Velma 82 1.9L AAZ td westy
On Oct 18, 2013 3:23 AM, "Scott Daniel" <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

>  that's scary if two screws just pulled out, on one cv joint/flange ,
> without unscrewing them.
>
> that would mean only four screws holding that one on.
>
> It's a good idea to check the torque of the screws after running for a
> while..
> say a few hundred miles.
>
> I'd be putting in a good used stub axle myself if two of the screw holes
> were stripped out.
>
> Scott
>
>
>  On 10/17/2013 5:16 PM, ralph meyermann wrote:
>
> Hi gang! So I just finished changing all the cv joints. The drivers side
> seemed fine nice and tight with decent grease, the passenger side on the
> other hand the inner grease was really runny and the joint fair. The outer
> seemed the problem, grease was dry and almost chalk like consistency and
> the joint a bit rusty a bit loose and 2 bolts that I pulled straight out
> without unscrewing? Just finished with dinner and cleanup, about to go for
> a test drive and confirm the clickety click/vibration has been resolved.
> Thanks again for the help! Really messy greasing new joints that took about
> a tube and a half of Mobil One synthetic!
> Velma 82 1.9L AAZ td westy
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