Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2016 22:48:28 +0000
Reply-To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: CV boot problem repair problem continued
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You'll have to first figure out if you have the tools for it. It's not all
that hard, but messy and a lot of up and down if you don't have a helper.
You have six bolts against the transmission flange and six bolts up in the
bearing box. They will either be triple square or hex. If they have been
out recently they won't give you any problems, most likely. Anyway, remove
the ones up in the bearing box first. You can get to maybe two at a time.
Put on the emergency brake, got those two. Take of the brake, rotate a
third of a turn, put the brake on again, get the next two and so forth then
do the inside ones against the transmission and it's out. Pull the c-clip
out of the CV joint at the offending boot. Most easily done with the axle
in a vise, then loosen the vise so the CV joint lies on top of the jaws,
not gripping the axle at all, and drive the axle out with a brass drift.
Let the other end fall in a bucket full of rags. Take care that you don't
drop the now-free CV joint our you will be chasing balls all over the
place. Sounds like you will need some grease. Pull off the old boot, push
on the new, lock the axle up in the vise again standing straight up, and
tap on the CV joint with the drift touching the center cage only. It should
go right on. Replace the c-clip and reverse the removal process. The reason
you want to undo the outside first and redo it last is because the bearing
box in the railing arm supports the axle and it is a lot easier.
Jim
On Sat, Aug 13, 2016 at 3:48 PM Eric Caron <ecaron1@comcast.net> wrote:
> Very little grease up in there at this point. seemed like very little had
> been put in there.
>
> So, Assuming I can get the boot, anyone want to talk me through this
> repair?
> Eric Caron
>
> 85 Auto Westfalia
>
>
>
> > On Aug 13, 2016, at 4:34 PM, thewestyman <zolo@foxinternet.net> wrote:
> >
> > That boot can break if you put too much grease into it. The grease
> belongs only to the steel parts, the balls and the housing.
> > Zoltan
> >
> > -----Original Message----- From: Eric Caron
> > Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2016 1:11 PM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: CV boot problem repair problem continued
> >
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > One of the things I had done at John’s Car Corner was replacement
> of the CV Boot today I was cleaning my engine and found that exact boot
> ripped to shredds and hanging on by a thread. What could they possibly do
> that caused that failure in just a few hundred miles?
> >
> > I was to leave on Wednesday for a trip and now this. Is this boot
> replacement something I can do with the guidance of this list?
> >
> > Eric Caron
> > 85 GL Auto Westfalia
>
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