Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 07:24:01 -0800
Reply-To: fortinoj@SPEAKEASY.NET
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Joseph Fortino <fortinoj@SPEAKEASY.NET>
Subject: Re: cv joint questions
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jack it up and make sure its safe to go under the van
check the side thats making the noise, its a hex head
6 on the wheel and 6 at the trans. my pass side inter
came loose and was making a clunk, but could'nt make it
all the way home before it dropped off in the wheel bucket
my tool box was at home so doing this on the side of the
road was out of the question, I rebuilt the pass side with
new balls. BTW i was able to reuse the wheel race it was
tweeked hard from being loose was able to run some screws
to re-tap it so my new cv hex heads would grab and not trash
up!!
Total time 5 hrs, because i had to cut the hex heads off
with a dremel 2 total, got the flex snake with some cutting wheels. Then my ball race was stuck on the shaft. what a pain :) most of the time, I make it a point to check these
more often now.
ohh They sell CV grease and you might need to service them
with grease or after viewing the balls for damage replace
them. ( your call ) good website in the archs. ->Tom C page
have a great day
Joe
On 11 Dec 2002, Stan Wilder wrote:
> With the colder weather setting in your
> lubricants aren't flowing quite as well. The
> CV could be your problem. Although they ran
> silently before they may be starving for
> grease at current temperatures. The same
> applies to your front and rear wheel / axle
> bearings. You speedometer cable could become
> noisy as well. I'd first give the CVs a
> little jolt of grease and take a few days
> with a wait and see attitude. If you speedo
> cable is making noise use lithium (the white
> water proof) grease. I made up a simple tool
> to address getting the grease into the CVs
> without removing the CV or the boot. It
> works fairly well considering its a blind
> application and there is still guesswork.
> http://williamwareagency.com/forsale/stanva-
> n/0069.htm
>
> Stan Wilder
>
> On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 20:42:56 -0700 Clay Moore
> <cmoore@CYBERPORT.COM> writes:
> > A few days ago, while slowing down i noticed
> > a scraping noise, corresponding to the speed
> > of the wheel. it sounds like its coming from
> > the right rear. i wasnt sure what it was,
> > today it started making the noise while
> > accelerating too, no noise while driving and
> > not under a load. it would also go away if i
> > pushed in the clutch.
> >
> > I think it must be the outer CV joint. i
> > cant figure out what else it would be.
> >
> > question is, can it be lubed in some way,
> > since its a dry scraping noise or am i going
> > to have to have it replaced. ?
> >
> > are there 4 of them, and should they all be
> > replaced or lubed ?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> >
>
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