Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 13:02:52 -0700
Reply-To: Reinhard Vehring <rvehring@YAHOO.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Reinhard Vehring <rvehring@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: circlip on lower ball-joint
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Dennis,
the clips are on now. I think I won't go to that place
anymore. It has a good reputation servicing Vanagons,
but it's the second time they've done poor work for
me. Last time I ended up with brake fluid all over my
feet.
[rant on]
I'd be happy to pay more to get work done right. Now
that I think about it, my experience with repair shops
over the years is consistently bad. Good indicators
for a lousy shop are: Junk and dirt everywhere. Tools
beat up and scattered all over the place. Everyone is
in a crazy rush all the time working on five things at
once. No torque wrench to be seen anywhere. Boxes of
used nuts and bolts and other used fasteners at the
repair stations.
To be fair the experience of repair shops with me is
probably also bad. I actually tend to check what they
have done and what they tell me. So they probably
think I am a massive pain in the butt. Maybe they are
are right.[rant off]
Have fun,
Reinhard
--- Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
> I don;t care how tigh the ball jints are pressed in,
> on the 2WD, the wieght
> of the van pulls on them. I would want the circlip,
> a new one. MAybe they
> aren;t fully pressed and he couldn't get them to
> fit. Maybe an aftermarket
> part with the groove in the wrong place or too
> small. BTDT. Go to hardware
> stor and get a large snap ring.
>
> Yes, sometimes,hammers, torches, bigger press and
> combination is needed to
> get these joints out. You shoud see the arts fly
> when they finally break
> free.
>
> Two nuts on top of the shock provides a lock nut
> effect. If new shocks, some
> use adifferent size nut where the origial cap won't
> fit anyway. Grease or
> paint will prevent rust.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> >From: Reinhard Vehring <rvehring@YAHOO.COM>
> >Reply-To: Reinhard Vehring <rvehring@YAHOO.COM>
> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >Subject: circlip on lower ball-joint
> >Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 00:21:23 -0700
> >
> >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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