Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:14:51 -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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Well, it's rather NVC but when I worked on F-106 interceptors I SURE would
not want to be one of the pilots cause half the airman working on them just
did not give sh*t and hated being in the air force at the time
anyway...........viet nam era.
The chances of improper work or a tool being left
somewhere...........very, very high.
And we did loose one bird once..........never found out why, but for the
worker bee troops that was nice, cause it was just one less nasty air plane
to have to work on day and night.
And this is typical too - Another squadron somewhere was short a bird or
two, so they told us to send them one of ours, like permanently - the
supervisors had us put on the radar antenna that was always in the shop
getting worked on and would never stay fixed, and other components that
were always individually problematic, and we sent them our worst bird
too.........the one that always had he most problems. What good fun.
The stuff that goes on in the military.........is just crazy sometimes.
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Rob
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 6:15 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: CV joints
At 2/20/2008 06:18 AM, John Rodgers wrote:
>Yeah, I know it all sounds pretty anal but after being trained as an
>aircraft mechanic, working in the industry as a mechanic, and flying
>the very machines that I and others have worked on - one tends to become
>anal about the details. Over time, it repeatedly saves ones butt. And of
>course, experience over time develops habits that are hard to break, but
>this is a good habit.
I was trained and worked on aircraft too but I worked on VW's before
that. I will admit that I only spent 20 years working and flying on
aircraft, most of those years were on helicopters. In the Coast Guard
everybody works and everybody flies and when you are the primary
quality assurance you go on the test flight after the work <shrug>.
The point to this is you follow the maintenance instructions and
nowhere in the Bentley did I see anything about keeping the balls in
the groves they came out of. They did caution you not to drop the
balls on the floor, they tell you inspect everything and replace if
it was worn. They also told you how to get them back together after
you had inspected them.
Thinking is important but so is being able to follow the maintenance
instructions. If you think it's fun to keep the balls exactly were
they came from, great. If you are truly concerned about it being
better why not just replace the joints and start out with all new?
Mind you it's not necessary (IAW the Bentley) but if it makes you
feel better...
To much time on my hands if I'm going to write this much about CV joint
balls!
Rob
becida@comcast.net