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Date:         Tue, 05 Apr 94 18:51:48 CDT
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Joel Walker <JWALKER@ua1vm.ua.edu>
Subject:      cv joints

sorry, hank, you're gonna get this twice (i sent it straight back at the sender, not to the list).

>Are older bus and Vanagon CV joints the same (interchangeable)???

well, i was all set to jump up and yell 'OF COURSE!!' ... then i thought, it has been a long time. so i'll go check. from the infamous parts fiches: (as of 1992) Vanagon Constant Velocity Joint, with boot, with grease: 251-598-101 (and coincidently, i had called my dealer about the price earlier today: discounted, the joint/boot/grease kit is $120. ouch). FLAPS has it for $100. still ouch. Bus Constant Velocity Joint, with boot, with grease: 211-598-101

now, while the part numbers ARE different, i check my old papers on my 1980 Vanagon: at 40,986 miles, i replaced all four cv joints with 211-501-331B joints, that i got from a FLAPS (not the dealer) but that's the number that was stamped in the side of the joint. cost (back then): $212 for four joints and four boots.

a couple of slightly odd points of interest: vanagon automatic transmissions need different drive shafts (axles) than do the vanagon manual transmissions. bus auto trans apparently do not.

for you eurovan nuts, your cv joint/boot/grease depends on whether it is an outer (701-498-099) or an inner (701-498-103). sorry.

>I was looking at some prices listed in a magazine for good bus joints, and >they are cheaper than my best price I've gotten for Vanagon joints.

when i called my FLAPS to get that $100 price, i told him what year bus and i do believe he told me that his book showed them all to be the same 211- part number. the joints are made by Loebro anyway. and my advice to the lovelorn is to put 1/2 tube of Valvoline Moly EP grease into each joint and boot ... that little blue 'ketchup pack' is NOT enough grease!

joel


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