Date:         Thu, 21 Jan 1999 10:01:52 -0500
Reply-To:     Rick Koller <rkoller@HELIX.NIH.GOV>
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From:         Rick Koller <rkoller@HELIX.NIH.GOV>
Subject:      Re: CV joint or Axle Joint?
Comments: To: "Timothy Crooks, RN,CDE" <anc1cde@EARTHLINK.NET>
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At 03:48 AM 1/21/99 +1100, Timothy Crooks, RN,CDE wrote:
>Whist having work done on my 1990 GL at a VW dealer (it was insurance
>work from the fire) the service manager mentioned that the tech wanted
>my to know there was an axle joint, the right outer that is, was going
>bad.  Yes it does sound bad, I wish I could record it and send it as a
>.wav file for you all to hear.
>    Any way my question is, is the axle joint synomonous with the CV
>joint?  My boot seems to be intact.  Has anyone had this happen before?
>I do have 215,000 miles in this thing.  Is the repair labour/time
>intensive?  Any advice would be appreciated.  Thank you in advance,
>-Tim
>Barnegat, NJ, USA
>1990 GL
>
>
Tim,
        CV=axle joint, it is not a particularly difficult job to replace the joint
just time consuming. See Tom Carrington's tech page on the procedure it is
an excellent guide for this filthy job.

http://www.relitech.com/tomc/tomvw.htm

Rick Koller
'90 syncro-westie
'91 gl autobox