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