Well, I was pretty pleased with myself having just removed, cleaned and
regreased my cv joints for the first time.  Things seemed to be going
really well.  Got them back together and went to reinstall.  Here's the
problem.  I get a bolt in place on the outer joint, and I can't get the
axle to angle up so that I can bolt in the inner side.  Axle is perfectly
parallel to the ground.  There's no mention of doing anything special when
reassembling so I've obviously screwed something up.  With the joints on
the axle I can move the middle ring using my fingers through what I assume
to be its full range of motion.  I kept track of which joint went on which
side, and the proper direction for it to go onto the end of the shaft.  As
for putting the joint itself back together, it doesn't seem like that could
have been done wrong since everything fit together properly.  Can anybody
tell me what I've screwed up, or what I'm doing wrong?  How hard should it
be to get the shaft to angle upwards?  I've pushed reasonably hard but
don't want to break anything.  Should I be able to get the shaft to pivot
by hand when I've got everything on the bench?

The vanagon is the only vehicle in the family, so we're stuck until I
figure this out, or until I give up and take it to a mechanic on Monday.
Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.  I'll be checking
mail first thing in the morning (have to bike to work to check it).  I'm on
digest so please send p-mail.  Thanks again

Mark
'89 Wolfsburg

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Mark Schrope
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
PO Box 1346
Route 1208, Greate Road
Gloucester Point, VA 23062
(804)684-7220 [office]   (804)684-7675 or 7007    [labs]
(804)684-7250 [fax]
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