beating joel to the punch on CVs ..... when i did my 83 vanagon CV a couple years ago they were knocking like crazy and had bits of metal in one of them..... i didnt pull them off the driveshaft, just rinsed them in hexane in a coffee can and carefully cleaned each race with a toothbrush until they shined like new (except where the pits had put deep gouges int he races) put a big fingerfull of molybdenum disulfide grease everywhere i could stick my finger (sounds rude) and put them back together
That was 2 years and 20,000 miles ago - not a peep from them since ... check your boots though - if they are torn there isnt any point in carefully doing the cleaning unless you fix a broken boot sps
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