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Subject:Re: CV Joint Removal (OK, we go back to the topic)
From:Thomas Schuster
Date:Fri, 12 Aug 1994 10:59:03 +0200 (MET DST)

On Thu, 11 Aug 1994, H Steven Dolan wrote:
> 
> Now that I find myself in need of replacement joints, has anyone 
> bought/installed the $59.95 J.C. Whitney joints?  Are they 
> Mexican/Brazilian? Did you get >10K miles out of them?  (The three words I 
> despise most are "Hecho en Mexico) Also, when I pulled the joints from the 
> junkyard axle, two needed to be pulled off with the heavy duty puller, but 
> the other two just slid off by hand. Which is right?  Does it matter?

Just turn the axle round 180 degree and put as much grease in the joint 
as you can. That is all.

I tried this method 8K miles ago and I have no problems with it. 

Thomas
83` Vanagon