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Date:         Wed, 31 Jan 2001 12:29:22 -0800
Reply-To:     David Raistrick <keen@LENTI.TYPE2.COM>
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From:         David Raistrick <keen@LENTI.TYPE2.COM>
Subject:      Re: [T2] HELP!!  CV Joints!!
Comments: To: Tom Young <tomyoung1@home.com>
Comments: cc: type2@type2.com
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On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Tom Young wrote:


> the CV joint (that thing with splines that fits on the axle itself)
> WILL NOT MOVE!  The cage moves back and forth, the balls move back and
> forth, but that central hub won't move at all, even if I put
> considerable pressure on it.






Disassemble, and turn the hub one more "notch" around in relation to the
outer thing.


This is EXACTLY what happens when you have the grooves line up wrong.


...david


--
David Raistrick  '66 SO-44 Westy                keen@type2.com
                                                        in Guyton Ga
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