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Date:         Sat, 18 Jan 2003 00:39:54 -0600
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         John Rodgers <j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: CV Joints
Comments: To: Art Beutler <abeutler@COX.NET>
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You might check to see if your CV bolts are secure. My van had a clunking sound that sounded just like a bad CV. Turned out to be three CV bolts were loose - the three remaining were insufficient to keep motion out of the picture.

John Rodgers' 88 Gl driver

Art Beutler wrote:

>My 86 vanagon has recently developed a noise sounding like metal striking >metal originating from the rear somewhere. This rate of the striking noise >is proportional to speed and it pretty much goes away when the clutch is >engaged and sometimes at higher speeds. Having had a look thorough previous >postings for such noises, it is pretty likely that this is caused by a bad >CV joint. > >I have not crawled under the vehicle yet but I have read that I should be >able to find the bad CV joint by checking for fore and aft play; I will >undertake this task tomorrow. My main question is: how hard are these to >change and how does one go about doing it. The shop manual starts with the >axle shaft already removed - is this a simple matter of loosening the bolts >on either end and pulling it out or is there more to it? Once the axle >shaft is removed, the manual implies that a press is required to remove the >old CV joints - is this really true? Are there any alternatives? If one >gets past this point, are there any tricks to reassembly? > >Also, if there is no obvious cause of failure (ie damaged boot) of the bad >CV joint, can the others be expected to last much longer or should I change >them all? > > Thanks, > > Art Beutler > > >


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