Dennis,

There is no depression for a gasket.  I am assuming you mean a gasket that
is sandwiched between the joint face and the stub axle flange or
transmission flange.  There were no gaskets at the transmission or wheel
side.  Should there be a gasket?

Thanks.

-Dick-

On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 7:39 AM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
wrote:

> That joint almost looks like it was defective from day one. That pit looks
> like excess force on that one grooves broke through the surface hardening.
> All the grooves look to have a rough surface finish. Is there a depression
> on the flange one side for a gasket? Hard to see but looks like one. There
> are times when the front drive joints (any 100mm 6 bolt set will do) is
> boxed for the vanagon application.
>
> As a note, there is wear on both sides of the grooves. This is a Syncro
> phenomenon. When turning the front outer wheel travels further than the
> inner rear enough that the rear CV joints get back driven. Overly
> aggressive
> viscous couplings add to this.  Bad CV joints can set up some real weird
> vibrations and noises. Miss matched tires also add strain here.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Dick Wong
> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2015 3:44 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: CV joint raceway opinion
>
> Hello Vanapeeps,
>
> Took off one of the rear axles on my '87 Syncro to replace the inner CV
> boot.  Inspected the outer CV joint and found that it has one pit mark on
> one of the races.  No other pits.  There is no rotational play that I can
> detect, but the ball cage moves freely.  I did not detect any noise when it
> was in the vehicle.  All the balls look fine.  I have no idea how many
> miles
> are on the joint.  It is an OEM Lobro joint (VW Audi markings).
> Serviceable
> joint or should I replace it?
>
> Here are some pics.  The "pit" pictures are of the same "pit", just from
> both sides. http://tinyurl.com/ndsz9xr  The other pictures are just to
> show
> the wear marks.
>
> Thanks.
>
> -Dick Wong-
> 78 Scirocco
> Original Owner
> 87 Vanagon Syncro 2.5 (Blaze)
> Third Owner
> 12 Golf TDI
> Original Co-Owner
>