Date:         Thu, 10 Mar 2005 13:51:13 -0600
Reply-To:     Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: CV joint hard times
Comments: To: Don Williams <williams@FIRE.BIOL.WWU.EDU>
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Just buy any good brand of molybdenum grease from your local flaps.

Stan Wilder
Engine Ceramics
214-352-4931
www.engineceramics.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Williams" <williams@FIRE.BIOL.WWU.EDU>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 1:10 PM
Subject: CV joint hard times


> I just spent a very uncomfortable weekend greasing my CV joints on my 85
Westy.
> The trouble was aligning the wheel side CV bolts to get them started.
Flat
> on my back under the rig---it is difficult to get that first one
> started.  got it eventually but it was a small nightmare.  Are there
tricks
> to get the holes aligned that I am not using??
> Also, one bolt would not go in, regardless of how i tried.  Maybe a bolt
> was broken off from a previous greasing/change.  One bolt was loose to
> start with and maybe this was it.  I didn't have the energy (at 64 years)
> to disassemble it again and see if the hole was occluded with a bolt
> fragment.  How much of a problem to be running on 5 CV bolts?   I'll get
it
> eventually, but I need a few days rest after that ordeal.
>
> Also, is CV joint grease always the same??  Found a discount parts house
on
> line that sells CV joint grease at $9 per 400 gram tube----seriously
> cheaper than anyone sells 90 gram bags of CV grease.  Would like to spring
> for it but don't want to make a fool of myself.
>
>
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