I once was confronted with a similiar situation. In my early experiences
with VW's I had endeavored to repack my cv's. Having little experience with
this filthy project, I became extremely frustrated when I was unable to put
the last ball-bearing back in the cage. Every time I put the last one in,
another would pop out. After about an hour of this I became so angry that I
threw the axle down on the asphalt driveway resulting in ball-bearings
flying everywhere including the adjoining woods! Needless to say after
realizing my foolishness, I searched for the balls. And of course I found
all but one! So I went to the local junkyard bought a used cv and replaced
the ball. Not the best thing to do but it was the cheapest. So Greg I for
one have spare cv ball-bearings.

Rick Koller
'90 syncro Westie
'81 air-Westie 
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Richard Koller
Email: rkoller@helix.nih.gov
Phone: 301-496-8414
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