Date:         Sun, 17 Feb 2008 12:16:54 -0800
Reply-To:     neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: CV joints
Comments: To: Rob <becida@comcast.net>
In-Reply-To:  <vanagon%2008021715004094@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
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I was thinking of that the other day. Using a Pittman puller to pull
off CV. Glad to know the (right sized) Pittman puller works.

Did you use the 1- 5/16" Pittman puller? (the size used for seperating
VAnagon front end stuff)

Not to knock Bentley (or your success with it!) but as a CV newbie, I
found the Van-Cafe 'CV how to' useful specifcally for orientation of
the hub and cage.

Thanks for the tip,

Neil.

On 2/17/08, Rob <becida@comcast.net> wrote:
> I'm doing CV joints, buying a tube of grease rather than the 4
> initial bags of it was my first (and only so far) mistake. I had to
> put about 1/4 of the tube into a ziplock sandwich bag, zipped it shut
> and cut a corner off to squeeze it into the joints.
> My pitman puller worked GREAT to pull the joint off the shaft, I had
> to take the joint apart first but it works well with zero stress to the
> parts.
> Good directions in the Bentley for reassy the joint.
>
>
>
> Rob
> becida@comcast.net
>


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