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• Re: rear wheel bearing is squeaking
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Sun, 2 Sep 2001 14:40:28 -0400
  ...While you have them out you should pay some attention to the CV joints. I don't hear about rear wheel bearings going out...
• Re: last call for axle cleaning suggestions
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Wed, 8 Mar 2006 17:34:55 -0800
  ...should I do anything to my transmission while I have the axles out? Wipe the grease away from the area where the cv joints...
• service '90 Westy synchro
  Historical mailing list - Joanna Rutter
  Sun, 26 Apr 1998 11:42:19 -0700
  How can I find a GOOD VW mechanic in western ORegon? Need to have the CV joint replaced or fixed, whatever, on '90 synchro...
• Re: List vendor request..
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 13 Sep 1999 23:54:57 -0400
  > Do any list vendors sell the twelve point allen socket needed to > remove the bolts from the CV joints? Yes, on my website, part...
• Vanagon shop referral in Victoria BC
  Historical mailing list - anne dollard
  Tue, 6 Aug 2002 12:16:13 -0700
  Anyone know of a good repair shop in Victoria BC? I need to get some CV joints replaced and am on the road right...
• Re: Rounded CV joint bolts
  Historical mailing list - Shaggy
  Fri, 20 Sep 2002 12:11:01 -0700
  one more thing you can try is try hitting the bolt with a chisle in a counter clockwise direction, this has always worked for...
• Re: Source for reliable axle assemblies
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Fri, 9 Jan 2015 20:30:16 -0700
  Dennis Haynes wrote: > While not the lowest cost option especially with the added labor I try to > push getting new quality CV joints and...
• Re: clamps for cv boots, ridged washers for cv bolts
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Tue, 30 Aug 2011 22:06:38 -0700
  Not sure if they make a leather boot for type 4 CV joints, but they do make a leather "quick fix" boot: http://www...
• CV boot kit prices
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 1 May 1996 11:46:00 -0500 (CDT)
  I called RMMW this morning and their $9.95 cv boot kit, complete with all of the hardware is on two week backorder. Calls...
• Re: CV Maintenance - Re-use old or new Rockford USA boots?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Tue, 18 Apr 2017 19:49:18 -0600
  ...On 18/04/2017 10:26 AM, Steve Williams wrote: > Hi, > > I am going to clean and lube the CV joints on my 2wd...
• Re: Getting parts numbers (& rumor of dealer parts departments)
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sun, 12 Mar 2000 11:36:34 -0500
  ...engine, and possibly rear cv's. Then I am > going to need driver side upper ball joint, lower ball joint, You can find most...
• Re: CV Joint separation from axle shaft
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Thu, 25 Nov 1999 12:53:38 -0800
  ...without access to a >press, and the task of separating the CV joint from the shaft using a >drift seems formidable. > It depends upon...
• Re: CV joint boots
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 15 Aug 2021 22:30:36 -0400
  ...Eric > On Aug 15, 2021, at 10:02 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > > CV joint boots are like so many other parts...
• CV Joint Protectors MAJOR SYNCRO POST
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Sat, 5 May 2001 11:37:53 -0400
  ...More information about these CV joint protectors is on this page of Phil Landers's http://www.ozemail.com.au/~pjlander/CV_Boot_Protectors...
• Re: clamps for cv boots, ridged washers for cv bolts
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:58:06 -0400
  At 04:07 PM 8/31/2011, Alistair Bell wrote... >if non stock tire/wheel size increases the "resting angle" of the cv >joints...
• Re: Sound conundrum - input requested
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 19 Oct 2021 22:53:21 +0000
  Gerry stripped off the vendor;  but it is AutohausAZ.  $131 for complete axle, greased, new GKN/Loebro CV joints.  Of course, remember that the...
• Re: CV Joint boot blues
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sat, 13 Dec 1997 09:25:02 EST
  ...Can anyone tell me how a brand new outer cv joint boot >on a 90 GL with less than 1K on it can be...
• Re: NAPA - Syncro axles $82/ - any good?/reply
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Fri, 11 Sep 1998 19:07:15 PDT
  ...a single CV. At $82 for >an axle... well.... you pays your money and takes >your chances. Actually the Lobro joints for Buses and...
• Re: NVC Re: Stevens Creek Volkswagen in Santa Clara
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:02:27 -0900
  ...I will ask for > warrantycoverage for the oil leak as well as the CV joint problem. > I don't care > I get the CV...
• Re: CV grease
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Wed, 16 Mar 2005 17:01:13 -0700
  ...It appears that valvoline quit making the tub and now puts out the DuraBlend which carries their CV joint application. It is in a...
• Re: clinking or clunking noise from right rear (of 86 Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 19 Feb 2012 12:00:28 -0600
  Yes, a CV joint is a likely suspect. You can usually pull into an open parking lot and do tight circles in each direction...
• Re: AMC Cylinder Head Question
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:59:58 -0800
  ...The output shaft drives the ring gear and the drive shaft and CV joints. With the gears set in neutral the output shaft is...
• 89 JETTA
  Historical mailing list - Dan Noll
  Sat, 6 Apr 2002 12:29:09 EST
  ...Innitially it sounds like CV joints. What else shoul I look for? Tire rods? Bushings? Any concern for transmission damage driving extened period with...
• Re: Vibration
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koller
  Wed, 22 Jul 2020 11:15:22 -0400
  ...been reading Samba posts about vibration, and another suspect is > the CV joints. Perhaps raising the back 1.5" is behind this? > > I was...
• Re: cv boot woes
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 22 Nov 1999 07:51:35 -0500
  > Ron at Bus Depot had a heckofagood deal not too long ago on Genunine Lobro > Joint kits. Whether that bargain is still available, he...
• Re: Front Inner Syncro CV Joints Question
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Wed, 7 Feb 2001 11:43:07 -0500
  ...Rabbits have 90mm joints and Vanagons have 100mm joints. > >the outers are the outers and that's it..But the inners...I BELIEVE that...
• cv-joints. a tale of sleezy bars for cv's.
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 07 Jul 94 09:35:00 CDT
  ...gently) until the boot is disconnected from the cv-joint. DON'T LET THE JOINT TILT!! if you do, the joint is hard to...
• Re: Regreasing my CV's. Flip driveshafts on reinstall good idea?
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Sun, 16 Aug 2009 08:11:43 -0700
  ...the angle of the CV axle. > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/XZN-Tool-Vw-Jetta-Golf-Passat-CV-Joint-Volkswagen-Audi_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em14Q2el1262QQhashZitem27aa6b7bbfQQitemZ170362895295QQptZMotorsQ5fAutomotiveQ5fTools > > M8...
• Re: CV joint rotation ?
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Mon, 23 Jul 2001 18:20:46 -0600
  ...CV joint rotation ? Speaking for loafs anyway, the following is true, iirc: 1) left and right half-shafts are the same length on manual...
• Re: drive from Oklahoma to Spokane, WA
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 4 Oct 2014 16:29:37 -0700
  Given your descriptions I would put a knocking CV joint/axle at the top of the list. Just about every other moving part turns...
• Re: Click, Click, Click
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 21 Mar 2000 11:36:53 EST
  ...I just replaced the clutch a few thousand miles ago, and the cv joints looked good. All the bolts were at proper torque. Ideas...
• Re: 87 Syncro CV Joint/ Spares List
  Historical mailing list - J. R. BROOKOVER / Bridgestone/Firestone MAN IS
  Wed, 12 Mar 1997 10:19:55 EST
  Is this site address correct ?? - I just tried to find it with Zero luck. ===> www.med.umn.edu:8853/misc/arhives/files ??? * THANK YOU...
• Re: UPS, Blah, Blah, Blah.
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sun, 7 Jan 2001 19:48:11 -0600
  ...Or the window molding thing Or the Melissa thing Or the CV joint thing And I'm sure I omitted a bunch! Yada, Yada...
• Re: T2/ T1/0.5?
  Historical mailing list - Fetner Greg
  Tue, 3 Apr 2001 07:42:05 -0500
  ...swing axle) August 1967 began production of 1968 (bay window w/CV joints) That's the way it was here in the USofA. Fetner
• ? What do you have checked by Auto Mechanic for used Vans?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 27 Jun 2003 17:49:26 -0400
  ...What should I have him check out? Compression test? Gaskets? Oil/Coolant? CV Joints? Fluids? Brakes? Heads? Exhaust? Thanks, Robert NYC
• Re: CV boot problem repair problem continued
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 13 Aug 2016 21:05:58 -0400
  ...Having never done this before I’m most worried about the CV joint and keeping it together. As I’ve not seen one before...
• Re: cv joint lubing
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Fri, 20 Mar 1998 20:26:05 -0500
  ...I still have the lamp oil (with dissolved CV grease) in a can (about 3/4 litre) and use it occasionally as a lubricant...
• CV joint - which side faces the boots ?
  Historical mailing list - k1cajun
  Thu, 30 Mar 2000 09:18:41 -0600
  ...When I replaced my CV joints a couple of months ago, I saw a narrow groove on the outside of the outer ring, about...
• Re: Easy CV joint replacement
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 2 Aug 2009 21:54:11 -0600
  ...The CV boot was in really good condition, I probably could have reused it. I really don't know what happened in the joint...
• Re: When was the last time you re-packed your CV joints?
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Mon, 18 Oct 2021 14:00:54 -0500
  ...Hence the needle, which > > penetrates the boot and lubes the joint. I have replaced CV hardware on > the > > road and got lucky the time...
• Re: drive from Oklahoma to Spokane, WA
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 4 Oct 2014 19:18:47 -0500
  ...Would the CV joint/axle be more likely to knock under the conditions I experienced? I was prepared to think it was an engine...
• Re: cv joint bolts?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 28 Jul 2003 19:54:56 -0400
  ...cv joint bolts? Howdy, Bill, I'm pretty conscious about dirt filling up heads of bolts and sharp allen wrenches. My buddy and i...
• Re: CV Joints-DONE! Next! Fuel tank.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 26 Feb 2012 14:16:42 -0500
  ...CV Joints-DONE! Next! Fuel tank. Huh? On Feb 26, 2012, at 8:00 AM, Dennis Haynes wrote: > As for maintenance tasks does anyone...
• Re: What is the best grease for CV joints?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:15:58 -0500
  ...Will Valvoline do this? I installed a new, rebuilt CV axle last year in my Fox. It needed to come back out recently, and...
• Re: CV boot or axle?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 12 Apr 2009 11:20:44 -0700
  ...And for the newb who is taking the CV's apart: http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_16_9/cv_joint_maintenence...
• Re: CV joint repair?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 20 Mar 1999 10:39:27 -0700
  ...CV joint repair? >Stuart; > Hmmmm.. I remember assembling an axle and splined stub on the >work bench and trying to install it as a...
• Re: Noises from rear end revisited
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 14 Feb 2004 06:53:37 -0600
  ...joint, but The >noise is definitly coming from the rear...Or is it? >As the weather warms, I plan to repack the cv's...
• Re: Front outer CV on Syncro
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Thu, 21 Nov 1996 07:26:27 -0500 (EST)
  ...the > whole wheel bearing assembly, or can I drop the inner CV joint and then > remove the large axle bolt, and just pull the...
• Re: Knocking sound
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Jun 2018 20:53:13 -0400
  ...Knocking sound > > If I shake the cv back and forth it goes away. If you can inject some CV joint grease in there and...
• CV Joint Bolts in Portland OR
  Historical mailing list - C B
  Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:47:04 -0700
  Where do folks buy their transmission-to-cv joint bolts in the Portland OR area? The high-strength ones with the internal hex or...
• RE: Syncro Binds In Tight Turns--VC Suspect [f]
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 27 Sep 1996 19:54:24 -0700 (MST)
  ...Dang, where in the heck have I been!? whew... -vanbondo i suggest that you check the CV joints instead.
• Re: 12-point socket size
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Fri, 15 Mar 2002 08:31:17 EST
  ...of the 12 point socket used to take the bolts off CV joints? >> Nathan, It is an 8 MM, tri-square, socket driver. Rich
• Re: 88 CV joint noise
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Wed, 3 Sep 2003 09:45:40 EDT
  Before trying to take out the bolts, make sure to clean all the crud out of the bolt head, so your allen wrench will...
• Re: Vanagon CV Joint Fasteners
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Sun, 14 Dec 2008 21:35:45 -0800
  I would go for the german 12 point ones, available here for $0.45: *http://tinyurl.com/vanagoncvbolts florian * ------------------------------------------------------------ + To unsubscribe from the Vanagon...
• cv joint woes?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Mon, 22 Nov 1999 18:43:08 -0800
  ...I have seen joint kits w/boots for about $50 each, a rebuilt axle with both joints installled and booted for $135 Is this...
• Syncro vibration
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 9 Oct 2000 09:12:40 EDT
  ...I have had the vehicle up on four jack stands and inspected all eight CV joints and the two propellor shaft U-joints and...
• Re: cv boots
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 4 Jan 2000 11:51:44 -0500
  ...A properly packed CV joint should almost no grease on the boot itself. The grease will eat the boot material and it the boot...
• Re: CV Joint Bolt Score: Me-11 CV Bolts 1
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:14:41 -0500
  ...As things turned out, I didn't have time to finish it >today, so what I have right now are the old CV joints...
• Used CVs FS
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Thu, 18 Mar 1999 11:30:29 -0800
  I have a complete set of used CVs for the rear axles for a syncro (same as 2wd, i recall). There is about 85k...
• Re: CV Joint Vibration
  Historical mailing list - Roger Van Till
  Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:22:20 -0400
  ...Just clicked all the >> time >> til it self destructed. > > > FWIW all listers, > > Van-cafe has a great CV rebuild "how to" on their site...