Date:         Sat, 5 May 2007 19:51:11 -0700
Reply-To:     neil <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         neil <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: shivering van.....
Comments: To: Florian Speier <groups.florian@gmail.com>
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could there possibly be any unwanted material (grease globs, dirt)
that got trapped inbetween faces of CV's and flanges during assembly?



Neil.


On 5/5/07, Florian Speier <groups.florian@gmail.com> wrote:
> I just took my van for a first testdrive after having it in the driveway for
> weeks and months of sitting and upgrading, which included a subie
> conversion. in the process i installed a new clutch and had the axles out. I
> will post a review of all this later. Now to the problem.
>
> the drive went fine for the first 1000feet - then a weird sound - the van
> starts shivering very unpleasantly, feels like we are loosing a wheel.
> coasted slowly back into my driveway. suspected cv axles, since i had them
> out and regreased them while doing the conversion, and sure enough they were
> absolutely tight - not moving in any direction at all (normally they should
> move a little to the right and left, shouldnt they? jacked up one wheel and
> everything was back to normal in terms of movement.
> what happened? is this really the axles or did i do something to the
> transmission?
> any comments highly appreciated.
> I am kind of in a bind as i promised my wife a two week roadtrip to new
> mexiko starting on friday (aaaah, yeah, I am in berkeley, so thats a few
> miles....) Sorry to those who are also on the subie list as I crossposted
> this since i have to solve this problem within a few days. But I felt that
> this is probably not an engine issue but something i did wrong with the
> drivetrain.
>
> thanks
> flo
>


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