Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 10:00:01 -0500
Reply-To: "Carrington, Tom" <TCarrington@RELITECH.COM>
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From: "Carrington, Tom" <TCarrington@RELITECH.COM>
Subject: Re: Inner CV Boot Replacement: Okie Redneck Style...
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I concur with Don,
The first time I did the CV's on my 1981 Vanagon many years ago, I trusted
my "calibrated arm". After a week, several of the bolts backed out and the
threads in the drive flange (thingie that the CV bolts up to) of the
transmission we ruined.
New flange, seal and cap were about $75.00, the tow home was about $35.
Decent torque wrench is less than $50 - you do the math!
TomC
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85 Vanagon Crew Cab
82 Westy diesel=>gas conversion
81 Checker A-11 (Taxi)
65 Notchback
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don Hundt [SMTP:dhundt@PCEZ.COM]
> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 2:06 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Inner CV Boot Replacement: Okie Redneck Style...
>
> Hey Jon,
> Be careful with that "calibrated arm"! I thought I could magically feel
> the
> proper torque with just my ratchet when I did my cv joints. Driving to
> work
> one morning - clunk, whir, nothing. The left joint came off the axle
> flange.
> I was lucky, all the bolts backed out, I had extra bolts and tools in my
> car. I have heard horror stories of just a few backing out, shearing off
> the
> ones that were left. Buy a torque wrench.
> Don
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jon Joyce" <okartguy@HOTMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 10:34 PM
> Subject: Inner CV Boot Replacement: Okie Redneck Style...
>
>
> > Okay, I'm not exactly proud of this, but here goes...
> >
> > I decided I didn't want to trust the black RTV repair I recently made to
> the
> > driver's side inner boot on my '81, even though it appeared to be
> holding.
> I
> > skipped out of the office for a little while this afternoon, and
> purchased
> a
> > new German boot, a triple-square tool and a tube of moly grease at my
> > FLIAPS. I could hardly wait to get home and tear into the bus, as it's
> going
> > camping first thing in the morning, and also because it was Friday
> afternoon
> > and work sucks.
> > Sooooo... I backed the bus into the garage and jacked up the rear wheel,
> and
> > promptly decided the outer boot/nuts looked way too hard to get to, and
> > therefore I would attempt to just drop the inside end and access the CV
> > joint from there. Yeah, I know, I made this suggestion earlier on the
> list,
> > and it was "strongly not recommended." Well, screw you guys... ;) Of
> course,
> > I immediately let the joint tilt too far, everything came apart and I
> was
> > left with just the inner race attached to the axle. Niiiiiiiiice.
> > Actually, it worked out okay, considering I had to use a claw hammer
> padded
> > with a rag to pound the inner race off the splines. (Cue banjo music).
> The
> > joint was packed with some weird pale greenish-colored grease, but
> > everything looked clean. I managed to get the race off without scarring
> it
> > too much (I massaged it a little with my Dremel tool), and I cleaned all
> the
> > components with Berryman and rinsed them in hot, soapy water. I elected
> to
> > assemble the joint dry and grease it once it was back on the axle; I
> found
> > that a 30mm socket on a 1/2" drive extension works perfectly to pound
> the
> > inner race back over the splines (with a claw hammer, of course). Also,
> I
> > found duct tape to be invaluable in keeping the outer race from moving
> > around while I re-seated the retaining clip with a set of needle-nose
> > vicegrips, some pliers and a lot of F-bombs.
> > So I actually got it all back together, in less than three hours, and I
> only
> > managed to strip one 12-point bolt head! And even that was at final
> torque
> > (via calibrated arm), so I'm going to forget about it until the next
> time
> > the axle needs to come off. Went out and drove it and it works like it's
> > supposed to, so it's off to the scenic hills of southwestern Oklahoma in
> the
> > morning. So there's the update I promised to you guys who offered
> advice;
> I
> > hope you won't think less of me for my Redneck ways...
> >
> > JJ
> > '01 Jetta GLS VR6
> > '87 Scirocco 16V
> > '81 Vanagon
> >
> >
> >
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