Date:         Sun, 19 Jul 1998 20:55:52 EDT
Reply-To:     Scooter061@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Scott DeSanti <Scooter061@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: CV/axle assembly installation trick
Comments: To: CarlMarin@aol.com, Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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In a message dated 98-07-19 01:09:08 EDT, CarlMarin@aol.com writes:

Oh Sure!.... Now you come up with a nifty trick.... I just spent an afternoon
in 98 degree heat rebooting my axle last week.  Oh well... I'll just remember
when I do the other side... (sigh)

Scott De Santi



<< Marin and I just finished putting some fresh CVs in our new '85 Westie.
Came
 up with a trick to slide the wheel side of the axle assembly into place and
 get the bolts started without getting the CV all mucked up with dirt.  The
 trick is to take a piece of double thickness corrugated cardboard cut to size
 forming a tube that slides into the cavity inside the trailing arm.  The axle
 then slides in on the cardboard, it perfectly aligned with the centerline of
 the wheel so the bolts are a snap to get started, and all you need to clean
up
 is the mating surface where the CV sits, not the entire inside of the
trailing
 arm.   It also helped to suspend the transmission side of the axle (which
gets
 bolted up last) with a length of rope so you don't have to lay there trying
to
 hold the whole axle in space while trying to get the bolts started. >>