Date:         Mon, 8 Jun 1998 19:52:33 -0700
Reply-To:     Bill <Bill@FREEHOLDER.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Bill <Bill@FREEHOLDER.COM>
Subject:      It's not my fault.
Comments: To: Vanagon@vanagon.com
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I prefer to face life with the philosophy that it's not my fault, and
that's why I need some help from my fellow list members.

A week or so ago, I reported a noise coming from the driver's side rear.  I
assumed that it must be the wheel bearings, since I replaced the CV joints
on that side in December, and they have only about 7000 miles on them.  I
didn't feel like doing the bearings myself because the manuals made it
sound like a fair sized job, so I took the vehicle to a mechanic -- Chircos
in Tucson.

They discovered that it was not the wheel bearings.  It was one of the CV
joints.  What they were unable to discover was any grease whatsoever in the
CV joint that failed.  It was clean and dry.  Since I replaced them in
December, it would appear that I forgot to grease one of them.  That would
be my fault.  Please refer to the subject line of this message.  Read it a
couple of times if necessary.

It's obvious that some external (possibly diabolical) agent somehow removed
the grease from one of my CV joints, causing it to fail.  I have, however,
been unable to find any external agent to pin it on.  As a result, the
situation gives the false impression that it may have been my fault, which,
having read the subject line, you now know to be impossible.

I got the CV joint from Ron, at the Bus Depot, and the boot, bolts, and
grease from Jim at Old Volk's Home.  Perhaps the fault lies with one of
them.  I don't see just how, but I'm grasping at straws here.

If you can think of any reasons why it isn't my fault, please let me know
right away.  Otherwise I may be left with the conclusion that I paid a
stupid tax of $55 labor (I had another CV joint already).

Thanks,

Bill (SE Arizona) (Bill@freeholder.com) HTTP://www.freeholder.com
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