I would replace, as there appears to be wear past the very thin layer of hardened metal. Also one of the ball areas looks to have a metal fragment missing. No sense in worrying about premature failure. Jon On 2/27/2015 1:44 AM, Dick Wong wrote: > Hello Vanapeeps, > > Took off one of the rear axles on my '87 Syncro to replace the inner CV > boot. Inspected the outer CV joint and found that it has one pit mark on > one of the races. No other pits. There is no rotational play that I can > detect, but the ball cage moves freely. I did not detect any noise when it > was in the vehicle. All the balls look fine. I have no idea how many miles > are on the joint. It is an OEM Lobro joint (VW Audi markings). Serviceable > joint or should I replace it? > > Here are some pics. The "pit" pictures are of the same "pit", just from > both sides. http://tinyurl.com/ndsz9xr The other pictures are just to show > the wear marks. > > Thanks. > > -Dick Wong- > 78 Scirocco > Original Owner > 87 Vanagon Syncro 2.5 (Blaze) > Third Owner > 12 Golf TDI > Original Co-Owner |
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