Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 01:14:45 -0500
Reply-To: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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From: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject: Re: CV joints..What to look at, how to tell...
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Clean the CV's really good, removing all the old, worn, metal containing
grease. Be sure when they go back in there is PLENTY of molybdenum
bearing grease in there. I use a tube and half in each bearing in
tubes as supplied by the list vendors.
I found it easier to disconnect the inboard CV's before disconnecting
the outboard CV's. Just reverse the process when putting it back
together. Be sure to follow the Bentley when torquing the bolts.
John Rodgers
Clayartist and Moldmaker
88'GL VW Bus Driver
Chelsea, AL
Http://www.moldhaus.com
On 4/16/2010 10:14 PM, Don Hanson wrote:
> No drug content, but I did say "Joint" in my subject line..do I get credit
> for that?
>
> Tomorrow is going to be an 'under Vanagon' maintenance session for me. I
> have my regularly scheduled spelunking maintenance to do and while I have
> all that 'smegma' in my eyes, I wanted to check on my CV joints again. Last
> summer I pulled em all apart and repacked with fresh grease, and I replaced
> one that was the worst one--a couple of the bearings and the cage was pretty
> badly surface galled. The others showed some discoloration on the bearings,
> cages looked OK. I didn't have the cash to just replace em all because of
> a bit of heat bluing.
> Right now, I hear no unusual or alarming noises while driving..everything
> seems OK under there..From the Driver's seat. But I am, "Going Under" in the
> morning, swapping in some Swepco for the tranny and lubing and checking all
> the shift linkage as well as changing gas filter and adding an inline
> "pre-pump" filter, so I am going to be "right there" at the axles...
>
> I really don't want to take the axles apart again just to look. I'd really
> like to avoid that awful mess of grease and solvent, probably stripping out
> an allen screw or two, if I can right now...So, can I get an idea of how
> those joints might be holding up by any non-invasive inspection methods?
> Push/pull on the axles? Rotate a wheel and listen? Run the van while on
> jackstands and listen?...anybody have any little tricks that might help me
> tell if I have an imminent failure just waiting to happen under there?
>
> I am planning on doing a complete job on the CVs and axles this coming
> fall, when I do my next 'under van' scheduled maintenance before our next
> major trip, our winter time desert sojourn. I am being lazy and maybe a
> bit risky, I know...but I just don't have the time and cash right now to
> simply do the whole thing on the basis of some heat discoloration I saw last
> time in there...
>
> Helpful hints? thanks, Don Hanson
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