Date:         Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:55:05 -0500
Reply-To:     Edward Maglott <emaglott3@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Edward Maglott <emaglott3@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: CV joint raceway opinion(NVC)
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Not me personally, but I've heard of that happening to friends.  And I've
found the balls and cage pieces by the side of the road in the aftermath of
this happening.  The joint kind of explodes and the balls and cage come out
so that there is no longer any transmission of power from the drive shaft
to the wheel.  The sound you hear in the aftermath when you let out the
clutch are the parts of the CV joint bouncing around, one inside the other
minus the balls that connect them.  I guess it's the cage that actually has
to fail to let the balls come out.  let us know what you find.

On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 3:08 PM, Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>
>       Speaking of CV joints, I had to have my 1992 VW Golf towed home last
> night by what looks like a cv joint failure.I serviced the drivers side
> axle last summer by replacing the boot  and greasing it. I cleaned
> disassembled the  joint, cleaned and reassembled. It's been working fine
> til yesterday, I heard a loud clacking sound , then I pulled off the
> highway onto a residential street .Called a  friend who brought my tools,
> jacked up the car, but the darkness and torrential downpour of rain made it
> impossible to work on. I drove it in circles a few times , the loud
> clacking sound stayed the same, then a loud thunk sound that could be felt
> -no more forward or reverse, just a deep rumble when letting out the
> clutch. I'm taking the axle off now.I was worried it was coming from the
> trans, but I see the boot has come separated from the flange.Has anyone had
> a CV joint fail like this?
> Robert  1992 Golf 1982 Westfalia
>
> In my opinion:
> I agree with most of the comments in this thread.  This is wear but not
> unusual wear for CV joints.
>
> I've described my experience over the past 42 years with CV joints in
> several notes to this list and the SubaruVanagon yahoo list.  I would
> repack these with a good quality molybdenum sulfide enhanced CV joint
> grease (synthetic or semi-synthetic) and re-install them.  I like
> Valvoline DuraBlend and have used it for many years with great success.
> I replaced some worn and pitted (much worse than these) cv joints with
> new Lobro joints and packed them with the supplied grease.  After using
> them for a while I had the opportunity to service them and found they
> were worn worse than the ones I had taken out.  I cleaned and repacked
> the older joints with DuraBlend grease and they have given many
> thousands of miles of service with a Subaru converted Vanagon.  I had a
> boot split so I repacked them again with DuraBlend and found they looked
> better than they did when they were re-installed.
>
> Considering the cost of the 8 cv joints on a Syncro there is no question
> in my mind what to do.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> Ed
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