VANAGON archives -- February 2006, week 4 (#193)

Date:         Fri, 24 Feb 2006 22:08:32 -0600
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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From:         John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: (rear) cv joint
Comments: To: Wesley Pegden <wes@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU>
In-Reply-To:  <43FFC2C8.3010600@cs.uchicago.edu>
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Wes,

 A tear in a boot is a guarantee you have sand and grit in the bearing.
Not much to do but take it apart, clean it, inspect for wear and
pitting. If the bearing is good, re-grease, install new boot, then
re-install.

Good Luck,

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Wesley Pegden wrote:

> So...
> I was changing my rear shocks, and I noticed my driver side rear cv
> joint has a tear.  What should I do about this?  Is there a way of
> checking whether the joint is okay without removing everything?  And is
> changing just the boot easier than changing the whole bearing?
>
> Thanks for any tips...
>
> -Wes
>
>

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