Date:         Tue, 16 May 2006 02:03:21 -0400
Reply-To:     neil <goofymuso@YAHOO.CA>
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From:         neil <goofymuso@YAHOO.CA>
Subject:      Re: CV removal tips?
Comments: To: John Anderson <wvukidsdoc@yahoo.com>
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Well although my memory ain't what it used to be, I'm
sure that during time spent in my past life knuckle
busting on whatever thread-bare Bettle, Volvo, Honda,
or really beat up Duster I was running, I've likely
beaten on something with whatever deadlier weapon was
handy. And sometimes out of anger too. Yes, yes it's
true. And don't get me wrong, I'm not above that kind
of thing! Heh heh! In fact I didn't just beat on
offending car parts with weapons, but in fact ended up
accidentaly beating my forehead once with the end of a
pair of deadly vice grips, but that's another
story.....

You'll be proud to know, that I've gotten my first
parts engine, (nearly complete and a steal at $50
Can.) and a refer/sink/stove unit as spares. A Tranny
shall be next, but no big hurry on that one. I'd get a
parts van and keep it in the yard (like I used to in
the bad old days) but my neighbours might take issue
with that. Unless i can find a way to stuff it into
the basement.......



Neil.





--- John Anderson <wvukidsdoc@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Well I wasn't joking!!!   You know for all the
> people that deny it, I bet EVERYONE who has ever
> really worked on their car on this list has used a
> bigger hammer at one point or another on a CV, and
> hit on the shaft with something steel, not with a
> soft spacer or soft drift, and maybe if it came to
> it, probaby applied a little heat to the inner race
> as well.  I'm not afraid to admit I have, and do
> when circumstances call for it.  What do I usually
> do, use my press, I built it myself BTW, 30 ton
> jack, frame I machined and welded myself.  Anyone
> who knows me knows I'm sort of a fanatical freak
> purist when I need to be, but sometimes a good ole
> big hammer does the job.  It is one of those things
> though, if I booger up a bus or vanagon driveshaft I
> have a pile of others to go to when needed, in fact
> I've got sets off an automatic '87, and an '87
> syncro already rebuilt sitting around with Kroger
> bags on the ends from when I parted the cars.  If
> you don't have said pile, you
>  should probably do something more technical minded,
> the cheapo puller will generally work fine.
>     Oh and FWIW on VW FWD shafts the the "hidden"
> internal circlip I've never really come up with any
> way on the outboards to remove them aside from
> cutting off the boot, putting the shaft in a vice
> and giving the the edge of the CV a good whack with
> whatever is about, a brass hammer if it is handy,
> but you know it never seems that I'm doing these
> things at home where I have my tools...
>
>   John
>
> neil <goofymuso@YAHOO.CA> wrote:
>   Hi all. :)
>
> Just to be clear, I was joking when I wrote "a
> bigger
> hammer?" as a solution for removing a stuck inboard
> CV.
>
>
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Neil Nicholson.
1981 air cooled Westfalia.
Cheap-o web site:

http://www.members.shaw.ca/tubanick/welcomewesty.html

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