Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:51:53 -0800
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: CV joints
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I just find them very fiddly to get back together.
And it probably does say in the Bentley book to put the balls back in the
same grooves,
Which would be better or course.
But of the many cv joints I've seen ............most of the time they have
over 60 or 80,000 miles on them anyway, or over 100K as a guess .........and
are somewhat worn, and which groove the balls goes back in would hardly
matter really at that point I don't think anyway.
Here's my check for them in place.
First, with the van on the ground, just grab an axle and slide it back and
forth.
It should move easily, like you can feel things are lubed and smooth.
Then try to move it up and down, or rotate it, it shouldn't move at all, or
sound dry and loose either.
With the wheel in the air, I hold the inner CV from turning with an giant
pliers, and turn the wheel back and forth checking for play. On perfect
CV's there would be zero play.
Doing it this way any rotational play is the sum of both CV's of course, and
then I do the same check on each cv joint individually to identify pretty
loose ones.
I think the outers wear more,
But I've seen many dry inner ones too.
They can be a little loose and work just fine as long as they are nicely
lubed. I've been used that 'black slimy' moly type grease from a FLAPS for
years and years. Works just fine on CV's.
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Rob
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 9:29 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: CV joints
At 2/17/2008 09:07 PM,John Rodgers wrote:
>BTW, these balls ARE NOT interchangeable between bearing races. In
>fact, each ball should go back into the groove from which it came,
>because of the wear patterns in this unique kind of flexible bearing .
If that's a fact then Scott has the best way to deal with them other
than buying new.
At 2/17/2008 01:38 PM,Scott Daniel - Shazam wrote:
>I never take those balls out and cages apart.
>I just check for excessive rotational play, and if that's not too
excessive,
>I add more black slimy moly type grease. And I never have a CV joint
>problem.
Rob
becida@comcast.net
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