Date:         Mon, 9 Nov 1998 21:40:08 -0800
Reply-To:     Dave Bayer <bayer@SYBASE.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Dave Bayer <bayer@SYBASE.COM>
Subject:      Syncro front inner CV circlip
Comments: To: vanagon@vanagon.com

Hello-
        I was wondering if anyone has a method of seating the circlip on the
front inner CVs on a syncro that does not involve a shop press (as I don't
have access to one). I cannot seem to get the circlip seated in the groove
as the dished washer does not seem to allow the joint to give the circlip
enough clearance. I have tried the only two things I thought of - attempting to
pound/seat one edge of the circlip with a drift and mallet and to squeeze the
hopefully partially seated circlip into place. Needless to say, this
combination did not work.
        Any advice is most appreciated as otherwise, I am off to the local
shop so they can press the hub down and pop the little sucker into place.
While this is actually for my Golf, it is just a warm up for when I repack
the front syncro joints in a couple weeks (the Bentley's show the dished washer
used in both joints, so I expect I will hit this problem again)...

dave