Date:         Fri, 19 Feb 1999 17:55:05 -0600
Reply-To:     Darrell Boehler <midwesty@MIDWEST.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Darrell Boehler <midwesty@MIDWEST.NET>
Subject:      Re: CV lube helper
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Hi Robert and Volks,
    It is possible to drill and tap the cv joints as I described this
morning. I had a lobro spare cv and went to work on it. It seems they are
only hardened where they make contact with  the rollers. I think forcing new
lubrication through the joint from the flange side as I proposed will flush
the old lubrication and any metal particles that are imbedded in the
lubricant with it. A very similar process was / is  used on main frame
computer motor generators once a year. These systems used large ball
bearings similar to our cv joints. They however had a opening on the bottom
for the old lubrication to drop on out. We will need to use a vacuum pump
somehow to remove most of the old lubrication from the boot. I think the
process will fly.  I plan to modify the CVs on my new 85 truck when I pack
the CVs next week.
    I have been installing zerks on non lubricatable ball joints and tie rod
ends for years. The factory pack in them last a long time but this way I can
renew the lubrication. CV joint replacement / lubrication is a piece of cake
compared to replacing ball joints especially the ones on old busses.

Darrell



-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Rountree <rountree@planeteer.com>
To: Darrell Boehler <midwesty@MIDWEST.NET>; Vanagon Mailing Lis
<vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
Date: Friday, February 19, 1999 3:41 PM
Subject: Re: Re: CV lube helper


>-----Original Message-----
>From: Darrell Boehler Subject: Re: CV lube helper
>
>>This would tend to
>>force out the old as it was replaced by new lubricant.  ........
>
>The most desirable effect,.... flush out the particles...... But MY main
>objective is 8 CV Joints done in an afternoon with little mess during
>service.... of course after these things get over filled and spun....
people
>with CLEAN paved driveways will just love me for giving their husbands this
>idea.... but my objective is more to get some grease into my 12 year old
>boots that have only gone 50k miles
>
>>    I will try to find some time today to try drilling and taping a cv
>>joint, and maybe someone will come up with a better way of doing the whole
>>operation.
>
>You are the guy to do it... we'll call it ..... "Darrell's CV Nipple"  ...
I
>just want $.01 for every one designed into New CV's.....    Now there's the
>joke folks....
>
>
>