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Subject:Re: CV GREASE?
From:Joshua Van Tol
Date:Tue, 22 Jun 1999 23:26:12 -0500

>
>Fred,
>Putting a hole in your CV is not a good idea.  If you must, at least clean
>the area and dab some rubber cement or other type of sealer to cover the
>holes.
>
>The CVs will fling the grease around inside the boot, and it will come out
>the holes even if they are pin sized.  I tried this trick on my '74 when the
>CV started to clatter on a camping trip.  I tried to seal up the holes, but I
>still had grease coming out as I drove.
>

One way to do this without poking a hole in the boot is to remove the
clamp, and insert a needle under the boot.

Joshua Van Tol -- jjvantol@uswest.net

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