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• Re: Syncro Ball Joint
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 9 May 1995 14:47:19 -0300
  ...I think the passengers side joint is going. If anyone has replaced one of these, how much did the part(s) cost, and what...
• Repair advice . . .
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Jones
  Thu, 20 May 1999 13:33:26 -0600
  ...to replace the rear brake pads. $150 to take apart the CV joints to check to see if they are OK. The questions . . . Isn...
• Wheel Knocking?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Semyan
  Wed, 6 Dec 2000 13:03:02 -0700
  ...CV joint? Wheel bearing? Ideas? I don't think it is the transmission because I would guess the sound would come more from the...
• Re: drive from Oklahoma to Spokane, WA
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 4 Oct 2014 11:08:23 -0700
  ...At 45 mph CV joints/axles rotate at about 9 times per second. Mark
• Re: Grease Needle....an important find! Sold ONLY in canada
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sat, 20 Mar 1999 14:11:29 +0100
  ...1 mm thick, so it could take a while to fill an entire cv-joint. It is great for balljonts, though. PerL 88 Syncro
• Lowering the van
  Historical mailing list - Dan Eggert
  Mon, 30 Jul 2001 09:18:11 -0500
  ...shocks? Is it going to have any adverse effects on the CV joints or spindels? Anyone done this yet that could give me some...
• Re: '86 CV Boots
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 17 Aug 1996 11:58:00 -0400
  ...Colin A Moran) writes: << I have noticed that my front inboard CV joint boot is torn.:-( I have checked the archieves and could'nt...
• Cleaning CVs
  Historical mailing list - Chris Gkikas
  Mon, 27 Dec 1999 13:26:37 -0500
  ...My left CV joint came off while pulling into my driveway and I'm replacing the bolts because one of them bent. Bitch of...
• Re: Clunking noise in left rear
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 26 Jan 2003 16:48:43 -0600
  ...Stan On Sun, 26 Jan 2003 14:39:46 -0800 Mike Miller <mwmiller@cwnet.com> writes: > Volks, > > Them what said CV joints seem to...
• Re: Syncro rumble at 50+ mph - FIXED!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 17 Jul 1998 06:44:37 -0400
  My guess was right -- it was the rear CV joints after all. Thanx to all who offered their advice and suggestions. Now we're...
• CV or Trans noise while decelerating
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 5 Aug 1998 19:28:25 -0700
  ...The most likely cause seemed to be CV joints, although it seemed odd that it only occurred in 2nd, or maybe I just couldn...
• Re: Removing Syncro front axles
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 22 Oct 1997 19:00:03 -0400
  No! The outer CV joints actually hold the bearing together. You can use an old joint in its place if really needed. Dennis -----Original...
• thanks
  Historical mailing list - freeholder bill
  Sat, 13 Dec 1997 01:08:41 -0700
  Thanks to all who offered advice on my CV joint replacement. It was a miserable job, but now the driver's side has new...
• ERROR Re: [Syncro] Heavy Duty Rear Axels/CVs (108mm), Factory
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Sat, 6 Jan 2001 09:22:52 -0500
  ...4988] but the correct EKTA factory part number for the 16" cv joint 431 498 103 C as Per pointed out. Possibly the difference...
• Syncro Universal Joints
  Historical mailing list - David Williams
  Mon, 14 Jun 1999 15:26:44 -0600
  ...and he thought it was a bad front outer CV joint. I replaced the joint but that didn't eliminate the noise. I then...
• Re: Caution on Half Axle swap
  Historical mailing list - k1cajun
  Fri, 21 Apr 2000 02:25:50 -0500
  ...To get the same effect it would be necessary to remove all 4 CV > joints to change sides and leave the axles in their...
• Best grease to use for CVs
  Historical mailing list - aerie
  Thu, 27 Jun 2002 08:21:24 -0400
  I have serviced my CV joints on our 87's before (replaced boots, etc.) but somehow always had little containers of grease supplied. I...
• CV joint bolt tools
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 May 1996 11:28:45 -0700
  ...Where is a good place to get the 12 point tool for removing CV joints > with the dreaded connections? Thanks I've used a...
• Re: CV joint repair?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Fri, 19 Mar 1999 15:22:38 EST
  In a message dated 99-03-19 14:28:36 EST, you write: << you usually can get of with a pair of vice grips...
• Re: cv joint torquing
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 26 Jan 2001 03:17:25 -0500
  At 02:07 AM 1/26/2001, Don Hundt wrote: > I will never ignore the sage advice of the list again! Excellent! But how...
• Re: CV joint boot kit - what to do with the large washer?
  Historical mailing list - John C.
  Sat, 11 Sep 2004 20:18:46 EDT
  In a message dated 9/10/2004 6:52:10 AM Pacific Daylight Time, william@IDZYN.COM writes: Now I've heard it all...
• Re: Dead tranny
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:19:51 -0800
  Yes, that sounds like a CV joint failure. Jim -----Original Message----- From: Eddie Nelson Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 8:15 PM To: vanagon...
• Re: CV axel repair
  Historical mailing list - Scott Norville
  Fri, 14 Apr 2006 17:36:05 -0400
  ...I type in CV or CV joint or CV axel and I get nothing.Can someone please tell me of a couple of sites...
• Re: Blow cv joint on 97 heading for Bend
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 8 Aug 2015 17:26:32 -0400
  ...When I have made it home at three in the morning > nursing a horribly rattling joint, the offending clearances upon inspection > were mere thousandths...
• '86 CV Boots
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 16 Aug 1996 13:21:55 -0500
  Hello Listies I have noticed that my front inboard CV joint boot is torn.:-( I have checked the archieves and could'nt find a...
• CV thanks
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Sat, 1 Feb 97 1:04:16 EST
  Hey all, Thanks to everyone for all the advice I've been getting regarding CVs. The advice is about evenly split between those who...
• Re: Clunking sound
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 23 Dec 2007 14:09:03 -0800
  ...It was a rear CV joint. One of the balls of the CV joint was pitted pretty significantly when I took the unit apart...
• Re: Cv boots
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Sat, 14 Aug 2021 12:44:54 -0700
  About 60k miles since I replaced cv boots, at the same time as cv joints. Of course, on some other non VW vehicles I...
• Re: Synchro to 2wd
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Mon, 6 Jun 2005 09:21:06 -0400
  I was thinking about that alternative, but how do you keep the CV joint in place to tighten the axle nut? -Hans ----- Original Message...
• Re: cv joint tips
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 3 Jul 2008 09:16:09 -0700
  ...on CV parts. If present, a new CV is needed. Coveralls are needed! GOOD latex gloves (blue kind.... heavy duty.... can't recall name...
• Syncros and Winter
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Sanner
  Sun, 15 Oct 1995 10:45:20 -0800
  ...I'm paying to get my CV joints done. (I looked at the faq on CV joints and it does seem within my ability...
• Re: CV advice needed
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Diebolt
  Tue, 26 Nov 1996 19:17:26 -0500
  ...At 09:32 AM 11/26/96 -0600, Lawrence Johnson wrote: >Tim Smith wrote: >> >> >into the CV joints. The grease comes in a tooth...
• Sounds Like a Bad CV joint?
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Mon, 10 Feb 2014 10:20:48 -0500
  Im asking for your opinions as to identify a bad CV joint. I had for sometime heard a little clunking back there, to the...
• Re: Road Trip From Hell
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Jul 1995 16:38:15 -0800 (PST)
  ...considered a carreer change to short story writing ??? can't wait for the next one...maybe about the cv-joints ??? gregor 73 westy ("festus")
• Re: Road Trip From Hell
  Historical mailing list - vanagon
  Monday, July 17, 1995 7:40PM ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --
  ...considered a carreer change to short story writing ??? can't wait for the next one...maybe about the cv-joints ??? gregor 73 westy ("festus")
• Re: cleaning method/ was: CV joint BARBARIC handling info
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Sun, 21 Mar 1999 23:44:56 -0500
  Pat - Let's get serious here, before the tree-huggers all come out of the woodwork to come 'n get us & take our heads...
• (no subject)Rear end Tick solution
  Historical mailing list - Robie Pierce
  Mon, 16 Sep 2002 10:46:12 -0400
  ...Thought it was the dreaded CV joints. Turned out to be a new Michelin that had rotated part of a tread. Tire Store took...
• N. NE Mechanic advice (was: Syncro vibrations... I think it's tim e for a mechanic!)
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Tue, 20 Jul 1999 09:34:49 -0400
  ...My door lock buttons were unscrewing all by themselves! The front bearings and outer CV joints check out fine, the inner CV's were...
• Re: CV joint lifespan?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 Jan 1997 08:33:48 PDT
  ...Todd I had heard that doing this results in shorter life than new CVs unless they are surface hardened after grinding. Any truth to...
• Re: rear cv boots
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Thu, 27 Mar 2003 23:38:01 -0500
  ...The "rebuilders" > actually take old CV joints and machine them to use larger diameter > balls (no jokes please). Needless to say, this changes the...
• Struck Oil, Rebuilt CV's and a Tense Trip Home
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Salicos
  Sat, 11 Dec 2004 08:53:29 -0800
  ...One said he thought I had a CV joint that was about to leave me stranded. I talked a gentleman from VW Paradise in...
• Re: CV grease
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Thu, 17 Mar 2005 06:01:21 -0500
  ...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: Syncro Front CV Torque question
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 18 Oct 2005 17:10:52 -0500
  ...to torque the nut on the front outer CV joint. How do most people do this? Rent a humongous torque wrench or guestimate with...
• Re: greasing CV joints - Grease needle experience
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 26 Nov 2001 09:14:47 -0600
  ...Upon returning to > Halifax, my trusted mechanic poked around in one of the > CV joints and found packed SAND all over the place. He...
• Re: CV Shafts - 86 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jim DiGennaro
  Tue, 19 Jan 1999 21:21:44 -0500
  ...The CV joints themselves are the same '68 and up. -- -Jim DiGennaro ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LiMBO, The Late Model Bus Organization, international zzzzzzzzzzz_ |E[__] [__]|[_]\\ | _ LiMBO | _ || =-( )---------( )--= James Digennaro...
• [Fwd: Used CVs FS]
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Fri, 19 Mar 1999 20:43:11 -0800
  ...steve Steve wrote: > I have a complete set of used CVs for the rear axles for a > syncro (same as 2wd, i recall). > > There...
• Re: Grease on axel
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 2 Oct 2023 13:21:11 -0400
  ...I replaced the boots on my CV joints a few years ago. A year or so later, I was checking under the van in...
• Re: Which way is right way for CV joints?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:34:50 -0800
  ...wrote: > > I went through the horror recently of replacing all my CV joints with new > > ones---from china. At least they were free, that...
• Re: Cleaning CV
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:36:12 -0700
  ...Pan of diesel deep enough to immerse the joint into. Let soak overnight. Use parts cleaning brush for the really crusty stuff. Advantages?? Not...
• Re: [T2] Well so far it's beat me. >:-(
  Historical mailing list - jules
  Mon, 9 Aug 2010 18:52:29 -0400
  ...2010 at 6:27 PM, Courtney Hook <courtneyhook@shaw.ca> wrote: > Alright, I've gotten every CV joint allen head out except for one
• Re: [Syncro] 87' Syncro Westy for Sale
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Mon, 16 Sep 2002 16:27:37 -0400
  ...owner. > 30,000 miles on rebuilt engine (Cory Motors in California, great bus > folks), new front transaxle, new driveline, new CV joints, new shocks.
• Re: Inner CV joint Allen bolt...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
  Sun, 18 May 2003 19:07:37 EDT
  I may have missed it but are you sure it is a allen hex and not a tripple square? The tripple square look like...
• Re: Planning Trip--Tips?
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Sat, 01 Oct 94 13:01:15 CDT
  ...I have 1 split CV >joint boot (right inner), and 1 upper _ball joint_ boot. I will >definitely replace both of them, and the...
• Done!! (was Re: dropping tranny to do clutch)
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Thu, 27 May 2010 19:45:12 -0400
  ...I use redline CV-2 grease on the joints. When I removed the old CV joints, I found that the flange caps had come...
• Re: 9-month life on new CV boots
  Historical mailing list - James Felder
  Tue, 23 Apr 2013 08:22:19 -0500
  ...digest processor <LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> wrote: > >> All this talk about CV joint cleaning and booting made me take a look at my >> boots...
• Re: (rear) cv joint
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Fri, 10 Mar 2006 18:24:20 -0500
  ...wrote: >> Put two zip ties through each axel to imobilize the joint.If one ball >> falls >> out(very very ez to do), the others...
• Re: FW: CV Joint Swapping
  Historical mailing list - John D. Stepto
  Thu, 20 Apr 2000 23:13:49 -0000
  ...This means >that the CV joints would be wearing on the other side of the ball races. Almost >like having new joints. Should buy...
• Re: knocking noise on acceleration
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:30:41 -0500
  ...I'm thinking this is a sign that I need to clean and repack the CV joints (which I've never done). Does this...
• Re: Help removing stripped CV joint bolts
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 8 Dec 2006 12:30:05 -0500
  ...out there know of a tool for stuck/stripped/rounded out CV Joint > bolt? I'm swapping the transmission on my 85 GL and...
• Transmission question
  Historical mailing list
  11 Jul 95 00:11:00 -0500
  ...This would be my guess for the IRS type suspension, for I know that the transaxel type would have only 2 CV joints,right...