Date:         Tue, 31 Jul 2001 10:57:17 +1000
Reply-To:     Stephen Overmyer <s.overmyer@UWS.EDU.AU>
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From:         Stephen Overmyer <s.overmyer@UWS.EDU.AU>
Subject:      Re: CV Joints
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At 19:27 30/07/01 -0400, you wrote:
>From:    clerkin <clerkin@STUDENTS.UIUC.EDU>
>Subject: CV Joints
>
>Hey guys,
>
>I just got new cv joints and I had a question about them.  They are really
>stiff and do not move around that well by had.  They are lobro joints and I
>have never installed cv joints before so I don't know what they are supposed
>to feel like.

 That's exactly how they are meant to feel when new.Situation normal...


  Also should I use loctite when replacing the cv joint bolts?

Hmmm,I wouldn't.You should be using new CV 12 slotter bolts when
installing the CVs as the old ones will have stretched and you risk
them coming loose at some future inopportune time .BTDT on a '74
camper :(
If you torque them to the correct spec which from memory is
25 ft/lbs (but check to make sure)and use the curved washers,the
bolts should never come loose on their own.
After years in service and as the heads get filled up with all
manner of crap,they can be hard enough to to remove as it is without
the added handicap of locktite.

Have fun with the messiest job you can do on a VW...

Cheers,
Steve O
Blue Mountains NSW Aust.
'92 Transporter 2.1 WBX Kombi
'76 Transporter 2.0 Double Cab
'68 Beetle 1.5
'00 Transporter 5Cyl 2.5 Double Cab (work truck)

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