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Date:         Fri, 26 Aug 1994 06:04:51 -0400 (EDT)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Frank Condelli <ad793@freenet.carleton.ca>
Subject:      vanagon rear wheel brg. ????

I just got done changing the 4 c-v joints on my Vanagon after hearing some suble grinding on the way home from my sojourn to Pennsylvania. So, while I have the axels off I check the rear wheel bearings by trying to move the rear wheel and find a bit of looseness in the bearing, is this normal ? There is no adjustment on these bearings, right ?? AND, where does one get a wrench big enough and bodys strong enough to take off that 45mm axel nut ??? UG!! Anyway, after changing the c-v joints I don't hear any more wierd noises. Should I be concerned with the hub bearings??? Or just keep on driving until ?? My bus has 139517 km on the clock and sifting back through the paperwork I got with it I found that this is the 3rd time the c-v joints are being changed. Once at 65,000 km under warrenty and then once again at 84,384 km by a Kingston, Ont. VW dealer for the PO. Is it normal for these Vanagons to eat up c-v joints at this rate or what ??? Sure is expensive driving, no ?? I got my joints out of RMR in Montreal for $95.00 Canadian delivered to my door. Better that the $600-$700 that VW charged to PO. Oh well now I have new ones. So life begins again.

Cheers ??

Frank

-- * Frank Condelli * Kinburn, Ontario, Canada * * ad793@Freenet.carleton.ca *


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