Thanks Dennis. This is what I thought too. It was fun to make that tool though.

I inspected the rear brakes but didn't see anything untoward
but will take a closer look at back plate condition.
I may also retorque a rear axle stub nut.

I wonder if squeak isn't due to a brake pad; when squeak happens, if
I **just** touch the brake pedal, the squeak stops.

On 8/26/16, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Wheel bearings and CV don't squeak when they go bad. Loose wheels and once I
> heard a loose hub squeak. I would go back to brakes or the drums rubbing on
> the backing plates.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Neil N
> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2016 10:31 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: CV greaser. Was: squeaking wheel.
>
> Hi all.
>
> The short version. With CV's mounted on the Vanagon, a partially collapsed
> brake line brazed to a grease gun pipe fit fairly easily under the CV boot
> possibly allowing me to apply grease closer to, or on, the CV.
>
> I'd read here about applying CV grease in under the small end of CV boot
> with a grease gun and nozzle then massaging that grease into the CV.
> The nozzle I found locally is only about 2" long. I figured I'd try to make
> a tool that ** might ** do a better job.
>
> I claim NO victory and certainly don't think I've made a great tool, but I
> think it placed grease closer to the CV.
>
> Tool: using the smallest diameter of brake line I could find locally, I
> expanded one end to *just* fit the grease gun pipe, then collapsed a CV boot
> length of the other end to ~ 1/2 its diameter. I brazed the expanded end of
> brake line to a spare grease gun pipe then filed a bevel at end of collapsed
> section.
> Spraying lube at small end of CV boot allowed me to get the new nozzle in
> under the boot end. I carefully moved it in until I felt it  bump up against
> what was likely the CV face. I squeezed grease in working my around the CV.
> Loosening the pipe at gun helped allowed pipe to turn. This helped for
> positioning the tool.
>
> Doing this with an old CV boot might crack it ??
>
> Mine are about 8 years old with some miles on them. The boot was still quite
> flexible and it didn't crack.
>
> This is by NO means a way to avoid CV maintenance. It was more of a trouble
> shooting thing; I had (hopefully) an intermittently squeaking wheel. It was
> suggested that a CV might be at fault. Prior to making this tool, the
> squeaking hadn't been happening, in spite of making hard turns in a parking
> lot, but I'm hoping this "solved" the problem. i.e. my wheel bearings are
> likely ok for now.
>
> Neil.
>
>
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