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• Re: replacement cv/axle assembly
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:53:28 -0500
  ...A properly packed CV will NOT have any grease in the boot. The grease goes in the joint spaces and on the VW, you...
• Re: noise from transmission
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 10 Jan 2003 08:14:59 -0800
  This is most likely CV joint related, in spite of any "checking" a mechanic may have done. A simple and cheap way to check...
• Re: Thumping Noise - Wheel CV Joint Bearing?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 2 Jul 2010 18:58:11 -0500
  ...Otherwise when I'm at > a steady speed on level ground there is no �noise. > > Axles/CVs: The entire axle/CV joint assemblies on...
• Re: cv joint questions
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 11 Dec 2002 05:05:01 -0600
  ...it would also go away if i pushed in the clutch. > > I think it must be the outer CV joint. i cant figure out...
• What Type of Grease Lasts 20 Years?
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:41:08 -0500
  ...I have found that CV joint grease destroys rubber like there is no tomorrow, so I am learning to keep it away from there...
• Re: click,click,click lite VW bashing
  Historical mailing list - Modl6971
  Sat, 25 Apr 1998 02:33:34 EDT
  ...I suspect it's the CV joint, but could it be something else since it's a Syncro? Also, driving uphill the RPMs shoot...
• Re: CV boot problem repair problem continued
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 15 Aug 2016 22:51:28 +0000
  ...v=&id=4501 ...for removing the "12 point bolt" on the CV Joints:   http://www.gowesty.com/product-details.php?v=&id=3691  RichSan...
• Used CV Axles Needed
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 13 Jan 2000 10:16:40 EST
  I am looking for rear CV axles for Automatic Vanagons. I need the right rear one (passenger side) but I would also purchase the...
• Re: CV Joint Removal (OK, we go back to the topic)
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Schuster
  Fri, 12 Aug 1994 10:59:03 +0200 (MET DST)
  On Thu, 11 Aug 1994, H Steven Dolan wrote: > > Now that I find myself in need of replacement joints, has anyone > bought/installed the...
• Re: Occasional "thunking" sound going uphill...
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 3 May 2005 16:44:23 -0500
  ...I >suspect a CV Joint is going...any comments??? > >Thanks! >Kevin > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection...
• 87 Synchro CV Boots
  Historical mailing list - Capt Meschwitz
  Sat, 26 Oct 1996 21:09:16 -0500
  ...I plan on pulling all the axles and repacking the joints. What's the best CV boot available, and where can I get them...
• CV Joint installation on half shaft
  Historical mailing list - ThomasD. Hanlon
  Tue, 7 Dec 1999 04:25:06 -0800
  Listees, My busdepot.com CV joint order arrived today, 5 working days after I placed it, rural PA to desert CA. Near-perfect execution...
• Re: Mike B's Method For Removing Outer CV Joints
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:00:12 -0700
  ...Mike B's Method For Removing Outer CV Joints > > > > Well, I did it to myself (someone even cautioned me about this) , back > > between Christmas...
• Re: GEX rebuild/tappets
  Historical mailing list - Jared Roy
  Wed, 7 Aug 1996 08:09:52 -0600 (MDT)
  ...I was first told that it was the CV joints, but after close inspection the CV joints were found to be in good shape...
• Re: Google syntax to search the Archives?
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Mon, 20 Aug 2012 10:19:47 -0400
  ...http://gerry.vanagon.com/files/technical/how-to/cv-joint-repair.txt In the first how-to, Unca Joel gets down and dirty! Geo...
• 1982 Diesel--Outer CV Joint, Right Side
  Historical mailing list - I. Stewart
  Mon, 8 Nov 1999 20:22:36 -0800
  -- Has anyone had this experience? Four studs came loose, the other two broke (while driving!!). Any idea what would cause this? Donna @donnavw@pacebell...
• Re: A/C resuscitation - where to start?
  Historical mailing list - mad madeline
  Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:54:20 -0700
  Tinting is on my list after I have the CV joints "checked"!! Madeline --------------------------------- Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Yahoo...
• Re: Vanagon CV Joint Fasteners
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:14:08 -0700
  So is 'intersting,' an interesting word...... Miguel ------------------------------------------------------------ + To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e-mail to + listserv@gerry.vanagon.com with SIGNOFF...
• removing a broken cv joint stud
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Sun, 7 Oct 2007 19:46:03 EDT
  I've got a problem After over 70,000 miles my outer cv joint bolts backed out. Five of the six simply unthreaded but...
• Redline:CV-2 High temp. CV grease
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 13 Jan 1997 19:42:17 -0600
  While buying Redline gear lube(Trans), noticed red line makes CV grease. $8.00 a jar. I jar will probably do two joints.(also...
• Re: CV Grease Kits
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 24 Oct 2005 09:17:36 -0500
  ...You can channel the length as far up > as you need to to direct the grease right at the CV joint. When done > massage...
• Re: Re- rt rr wheel noise
  Historical mailing list - David Gunning
  Fri, 26 May 2006 11:48:23 -0400
  ...deep vibatory rumbling) but rather a "pop-pop-pop" sound, it may well be the cv joint. Reminds me of coming cross country, a...
• CV / Trans noise update
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sat, 8 Aug 1998 22:04:46 -0700
  I spent the day removing both axles, cleaning the CVs, then repacked, reversed the axles and re-installed. The joints looked fine, although I...
• Re: CV article now available
  Historical mailing list - mike boland
  Thu, 27 Feb 2003 10:14:02 -0600
  ...tech article is now available on the Volks Cafe website, covering >CV joint diagnosis, maintenance and replacement. From the home page, look >for it...
• Re: Cv boots
  Historical mailing list - Alex MeVay
  Sat, 14 Aug 2021 20:16:41 -0400
  ...I went for an axle/CV joint upgrade after I broke an axle, but the Rockfords looked pretty good after 20-30k mi. Just...
• Re: Genuine Lobros pre-made CV Joints?
  Historical mailing list - T Berk
  Sun, 17 Sep 2000 06:08:16 -0700
  Daniel Danrich wrote: > > I remember seeing a chat on CV half's from Loboros > Not rebuilt but new > Anyone know of where I can...
• Can CV Joint Grease be Removed from Upholstery?
  Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
  Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:10:34 +0200
  ...I recall reading in a previous post that CV joint grease is hard to remove from clothing. Is this true, and does anyone have...
• Re: CV joints. Adding new grease.
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Wed, 26 Dec 2001 15:07:36 -0800
  ...Do the front's need to be packed with CV grease also? > Unless you have a syncro, there are no CV joints up front...
• Re: Mike B's Method For Removing Outer CV Joints
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:53:04 -0800
  ...Mike B's Method For Removing Outer CV Joints >I put my van on stands and hit each allen head with my power washer...
• Re: CV article now available - I'm confused (long)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 27 Jan 2003 10:35:36 -0800
  ...I knew it had to have something to do with the pressures being felt by the various faces of the CV joint and my...
• Re: Damn! Rounded over CV Joint Bolt!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Wed, 21 Jul 2004 15:58:02 -0400
  ...Damn! Rounded over CV Joint Bolt!!!! > > > > Hi all: > > > > Removing CV bolts today, got over-confident and rounded out one of the > > Allen-head bolts...
• CV Joint ?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 2 Jun 2011 16:31:46 -0700
  ...I had the cv joints apart about a year ago for re-greasing and the balls were blue and pitted (no comments here) So...
• Re: cv joint question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Tue, 15 Oct 2013 20:59:23 -0700
  ...I finally removed one side to replace the cv joints and noticed a > difference between the old and the new lobro ones. The new...
• Re: Help! Drive shaft broke off at CV joint
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 10 Jun 2005 00:23:08 EDT
  In a message dated 6/9/05 10:47:36 PM, napszeerf@YAHOO.COM writes: << anyone know where to start? >> First make sure the...
• CV anatomy
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:52:12 -0800
  ...joint back together correctly, that is to say it moves as freely as the other ones, but after reading you can destroy the CV...
• Re: CV boot or axle?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:16:27 -0700
  ...wrote: > I used to save all the steel ball bearings from CV joints that I > replaced. At one point I had a gallon sized...
• rear cv boots
  Historical mailing list - Sidney White
  Wed, 26 Mar 2003 23:49:09 EST
  ...What is the easiest way to change the boot and grease the cv joint on rear. I think the boot is one piece. how...
• 87 syncro questions
  Historical mailing list - Matt Soiney (Young Goodman)
  Thu, 21 Nov 1996 15:18:41 -0600 (CST)
  ...He recently broke the bearing cage in the left front cv joint. After it broke he only drove at most .25 mile. A friend...
• Re: The Thompson Coupling
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 4 Dec 2007 08:45:13 -0800
  ...a stock lobro 930 > cv joint, costing only about $60 and being readily available and easily able > to support 400 BHP, can withstand an...
• Re: cv-joints: Constant Velocity Rip Off
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Jul 1994 16:59:02 -0700
  ...to strongly recommends repacking >>all CV joints every 30,000 miles, especially for the Vanagon. He claims the >>joints will last almost indefinitely when...
• Re: Syncro "Clunck" Sound
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Thu, 27 Jan 2000 11:29:42 -0500
  ...2-U Joints, Differentia, 2-CV Joints. When the VC engages, all of these connections suddenly take up the slack. On our Syncros, this...
• near disaster and almost a digi-fit
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Thu, 19 Sep 2002 22:52:22 -0700
  ...the drivers side came off band I found that the seal to the tranny under the cv joint was off too. (nothing like adding...
• cv joints more questions
  Historical mailing list - Erin Randolph
  Fri, 23 Jan 2004 17:08:00 -0800
  ...My only question remains...As i am not used to having vibration with a cv issue, what else could cause vibration? As i said...
• Re: CV joints...condition?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:54:41 -0800
  ...Double check the archives, but I'm pretty sure that if it's failing/failed, tranny oil will seep into the CV. And..... I...
• Re: cv joints
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 8 Apr 2010 21:02:36 -0600
  I think working on/with CV's is a little like being a proctologist ... use gloves. ;-) Your fingers will get that grease into places...
• Re: Silly CV abuse
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 27 Mar 1998 20:24:33 PST
  ...while I was living in Morocco came with cracked CV boots and cracked ball-joints (or something in the front end). There was a...
• Re: Lubing CV Joints, Struck Oil... more questions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 14 Nov 2004 19:32:46 -0500
  ...I bought VolksCafe's CV lube kit and was pushing extra grease into the CV joints. On one side in the rear, at the...
• Re: CV joint lifespan?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 4 Jan 1997 10:26:41 +0000
  ...How long would you expect a CV joint (inner) to last? > 2. Should the PO have replaced both sides together? > In my experience this...
• cv joint
  Historical mailing list - Little Bear
  Sat, 2 Dec 2000 02:15:50 -0500
  Rear cv is needing replaced was thinking of also repacking other 3 cv's. How difficult is this? What tools would be needed? Looked...
• Re: New Type of CV Boot Available - 10 Minutes and boot replaced
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 7 Apr 1999 21:34:51 -0400
  ...If one has boots that DON'T use clamps on their CV Joints, can boots WITH clamps be substituted? Also: ARE there CV boot...
• Re: CV joints..What to look at, how to tell...
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Sat, 17 Apr 2010 10:35:26 -0600
  ...inspect. > Hopefully I won't have to remove and replace...though CV joints are > fascinating pieces of engineering and fabrication, that is a messy...
• Re: CV Joint position
  Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
  Tue, 5 Aug 2014 16:19:21 -0700
  ...ready to re-lubricate and re-boot my 105,000 mile CV Joints on > my 1990 WB Westy. I thought I read somewhere that...
• Re: cv joint questions
  Historical mailing list - Steve Firebaugh
  Tue, 10 Dec 2002 21:32:12 -0800
  ...it would also go away if i pushed in the clutch. > > I think it must be the outer CV joint. i cant figure out...
• Re: where to get new axle
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 25 Nov 2003 11:44:51 -0800
  ...where to get new axle a couple weeks ago, i replaced the cv joints on one of my axles. now the annoying clanking sound...
• Re: Help removing stripped CV joint bolts
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 8 Dec 2006 13:04:50 -0500
  ...Cheers, Neil. --- chris <chris@MCCLURKEN.COM> wrote: > Anyone out there know of a tool for > stuck/stripped/rounded out CV Joint > bolt? I'm...
• Ripped CV Boots
  Historical mailing list - Scott Chen
  Wed, 3 Dec 1997 22:08:38 -0400
  Anyone have any problems with new CV boots ripping? I went ahead and had my CV joints repacked and boots replaced while my trusted...
• Re: CV joint boots
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 16 Aug 2021 22:16:58 -0600
  On 16 Aug , 2021, at 6:31 PM, Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@SBCGLOBAL.NET> wrote: > > Plan ahead, while it is nice and easy. A Superb...
• Re: Damn! Rounded over CV Joint Bolt!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Wed, 21 Jul 2004 15:18:19 -0400
  THe only way to go: http://www.benplace.com/images_westfalia/allen_tools.jpg And Vice grip to help a bit, but the 7...
• Re: Cv boots cracking
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:26:28 -0700
  ...I have seen countless CV joints with barely much grease in them after a few years, especially the inner ones by the transaxle. I...
• Re: Damn! Rounded over CV Joint Bolt!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Wed, 21 Jul 2004 09:28:52 -0800
  ...Damn! Rounded over CV Joint Bolt!!!! > Hi all: > > Removing CV bolts today, got over-confident and rounded out one of the > Allen-head bolts...