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Date:         Thu, 20 Jan 2011 15:04:05 -0800
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: CV bolts and DPO mechanics
Comments: To: John Bange <jbange@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <AANLkTi=FCtz6XVRLe-_BPi_ajrvZ7Rb+mAq7_eF_hFA9@mail.gmail.com>
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Damn lucky that was a low speed failure John! ;)

We put a lot of trust in the person who previously maintained our vehicles...

On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 2:05 PM, John Bange <jbange@gmail.com> wrote:

> I found out what's worse than the DPO's mechanic not torquing down the 6 > left side inner CV bolts: him torquing down only ONE of them. If they were > all loose, surely I would have heard the horrible rattling noise of a loose > CV joint. Instead, that ONE tight bolt held the CV joint fast against the > transaxle flange, and so long as ONE of the other five bolts was at least a > half turn into its hole, all seemed well. As soon as that last bolt fell > out, THWACK! The CV joint flipped off the flange and snapped off that one > tight bolt. Fortunately it happened in the parking lot at work, so I was > able to make a quick and dirty (VERY dirty) jury rig by stealing three > bolts > from the right side and drove home without incident with three on each > side. > > I had intended to go over all that stuff with a torque wrench when I bought > the van, but what with one thing and another, I've ended up driving it > daily > for work while dawdling with the Subaru swap on my work van. One more > stupid > thing to check on a newly purchased van: if the CV boots look too new to be > original, CV bolts could be loose! > > -- > John Bange >

-- Jake

1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX - 'The Grey Van' 1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Subie - 'Dixie'

Crescent Beach, BC

www.thebassspa.com www.crescentbeachguitar.com http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27


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