Once, when I was down in Virginia, I had a CV that really started knocking bad (boot intact, though) and I found that if I got under the Van and grabbed the axle like a javelin and thrust it back and forth between the wheel and the tranny, that I could go quite a few miles before having to do it again. I drove it back to Maine before regreasing it. Mikel
Robert Keezer wrote: > A bad CV turned me and a friend back home last > night on our way to kayak on the Hood Canal. > > The CV boot was rotten and it tore, throwing the > grease out from the outer-right cv. > > We decided to return home about 35 miles out, and > stashed the trailer behind some buildings and hid > it with wood pallets, to take the extra load off. > I did'nt want to be towing it if I needed to call > a tow truck. > > Now out this cold summer morning (51 F BRRRR) to > remove the axle and change the CV. I have one > tube of grease. > The boot is cracked and rotten- I guess it can > happen when you least expect it. > > Now I know what the faint tapping sound was. > It turned into a loud knocking sound. > At least we made it home, stopping to let the > joint cool and found also stopping to go in > reverse gave several miles of quiet. > > Robert > > 1982 Westfalia > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > |
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