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Date:         Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:29:25 -0800
Reply-To:     Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: CV joints
Comments: To: John Rodgers <inua@charter.net>
In-Reply-To:  <47B91292.5070806@charter.net>
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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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