I found the cleaning method to be rather barbaric. He suggests spraying brake cleaner into the cv to remove the old grease. Even says do this over a neighbors yard, since it kills grass. Sure does, also contaminates the ground water and atmosphere. A much cleaner and cheaper method is to fully disassemble the cv's and simply wipe the heavy grease out with some paper towels. This works surprising well, costs nearly nothing and doesn't poison anything. The downside to my technique is greasy paper towels laying in a landfill and killing a couple trees to make the paper. Seems much better than letting highly volatile chemicals leach into the ground and pollute the air. -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf Of ARKADY MIRVIS Sent: Sunday, March 21, 1999 9:22 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: CV joint BARBARIC handling info
The link below proves why Internet is dangerous place to get and follow the advice. I was horrified to see the barbaric treatment of a very delicate part. My teacher Ieronim Ioachim Hagedorn Freicherr von Steinhofen would have said "Only in America" and suffer nervous breackdown. Why not to see a professional mechanic with a heavy German accent? Dave Perry wrote: Hi guys Check this site out for a great, fully illustrated guide on how to change CV joints. The car in question is a Jetta, but the principles are universal. Full colour, and full of useful tips-definitely worth a look! All the best, Dave Perry 87 Syncro http://user.icx.net/~penclnck/gauges/cv2.htm
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