I sure hope you got those cv joint screws back in tight enough. It's not pretty when they loosen up until finally one or two breaks off, standing the van and making a mess to repair. I make 'em pretty darn tight. Bentley says 33 ft lbs. I make them at least that. Upgrading to the 12 point screws when needed or it's convenient to do is a good idea. Those are far less lilely to strip out removing them, than the 6 point allen ones are. I saw one CV joint ........ it's 'rotational sloppiness' was just horrible.........like 5 degrees of rotational slop there. A right inner I think it was. We put in a much better good used one ...............but I'll also have to say, that really loose one wasn't showing any symptoms like noise or clunks etc. If we hadn't been working on the clutch, we never would have even noticed or thought about that very worn CV joint. have fun ! scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edward Maglott" <emaglott@BUNCOMBE.MAIN.NC.US> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 7:04 PM Subject: Re: Easy CV joint replacement
> That's the weird thing is that I was never sure what the noise > was. I had sick feelings that it was in the final drive for a > while. The CV boot was in really good condition, I probably could > have reused it. I really don't know what happened in the joint other > than the grease getting old and dry. Many times I tried to shake > that axle and got nothing until recently. > > Edward > > At 12:11 PM 8/2/2009, John Rodgers wrote: >>Congrats on a successful and trouble free replacement. >> >>Boy, you sure let that sucker go longer than I would have. I get my >>van on a rack at least once every 6 months and have a good look >>around. The boots and transaxles get a good going over and shake out >>to catch such things early. >> >>Again - congrats! >> >>John Rodgers >>88 GL Driver |
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