John Brush wrote: > Does anyone have a different opinion of the procedure. It seems pretty > straight forward. When I take a close look, is there likely to be an > obvious sign of failure, like there is with wheel bearings and such? > I was the "gopher" when a friend showed me how to re-pack my CV's on my old '80. It was pretty straight forward and MESSY. Have plenty of clean rags around. And I think we used paint thinner to clean parts. There is probably something out there that is more appropriate. I do recall that we needed a funky little allen wrench type tool - 12pt. 8mm. > Realizing that there are all kinds of possibilities, is the failure mode > for the CV joint catastrophic, or does it get increasingly noisy until I > can't stand it anymore?? > I've heard that failure can be pretty catastrophic. Van stops - won't go. Balls in CV can get crunched up and not allow axle to turn (I think that's the idea). Go ahead - dive in and get greasy. Oh, and get that tool. Good luck. Peace - donna '84 Westy (Pepe) |
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