Date:         Tue, 7 Aug 2007 00:21:23 -0700
Reply-To:     Reinhard Vehring <rvehring@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Reinhard Vehring <rvehring@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      circlip on lower ball-joint
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Dear list-members,
just got Moose back from the shop. Needed new ball
joints and I didn't have the time to do it myself.
Now the shop did some funny things like leaving the
circlip off the lower balljoint and putting two nuts
on top of the shock - now the caps that are supposed
to prevent corrosion don't fit anymore. I always
thought that VW had a reason for putting stuff where
it is, so what is the reason for the circlip? Shop
says its not needed, the part is pressed in anyway.
And what's the deal with the two nuts on the shock
absorber? Some secret trick I don't know? I got the
old joints back from the shop and they look totally
beat up, like someone whacked them out of the steering
knuckle with a hammer. I also hate it when they reuse
the cotter pins. Maybe I'm too anal about this but I
really wish I had more time to fix stuff myself...
Reinhard
83 "Half-Syncro" Westy, Moose.




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