Date:         Sat, 12 Aug 2006 06:18:29 -0700
Reply-To:     Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Bad CV Joint Turns Vanagon back home
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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

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