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• Re: axle connected to hub bone?
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Sat, 8 Aug 2009 12:20:20 -0400
  ...Did you do that / mean that? Or did you mean that the axle came apart from the outer CV joint hub? Dave On Sat...
• Re: Suspension noise?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 6 Jul 2001 22:48:34 -0500
  Sounds like early warning signs of imminent CV joint failure. Take your rig to a big parking lot, then drive it in tight circles...
• Re: CV questions (searched archives...some ;) possible air cooled mod too!
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Wed, 30 Aug 2006 15:06:05 -0400
  ...cvjoints.htm > > also look at Ben Huot's page on this repair which > expands on Tom's page: > > http://www.benplace.com/cv_joint...
• Preventative Maintenance: WWYD? 84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 4 Sep 2004 12:41:02 -0700
  ...transmission slips between gears, CV joints worn, gas tank leaks when full. One or more lifter likes to rattle when it has not been...
• Re: 81 Air Cooled,CV axle replacement, conversation
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Sun, 12 Dec 2004 14:30:45 -0600
  ...Al Brase Anonymous Digest wrote: >Hi Folks, > >I have a bad CV joint on my 81 Air Cooled, and am just wandering around >the...
• Re: Best grease to use for CVs
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Thu, 27 Jun 2002 18:57:47 +0100
  But there is such a thing as graphite grease and it used in CV joints, as is moly gease. I would take good not...
• Re: New Noise coming from under the body
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:53:43 -0400
  CV joints usually click and pop although they can make strange vibrations. Thumps under load are usually something loose or really worn. Rear drive...
• Re: Use of standard CV axles on an automatic
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 16 Dec 2014 02:07:49 -0800
  ...One side is shorter...you will need to swap cv joints onto that shaft. > > Z > >
• Re: 930 drive axles
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 16 Aug 2013 08:56:45 -0400
  ...I'll take a broken axle or CV joint any day. Dennis, From my phone. ________________________________ From: Stacy Schneider<mailto:vwcrewman@GMAIL.COM> Sent: ‎8...
• Re: CV boot or axle?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:13:11 -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...
• BBB 07
  Historical mailing list - Ed Wiebe
  Wed, 24 Jan 2007 18:07:37 -0800
  ...I replaced a CV joint in Yuma, developed a big hole in the exhaust pipe and had a slow leak in one tire. That...
• Re: Compitent mechanics Jacksonville, FL
  Historical mailing list - Jim Grergory
  Fri, 24 Aug 2001 11:01:58 EDT
  ...I had a bad CV joint on my vacation earlier this year. He got it back to me the same day. Ask him about...
• Re: G.W. 1.5" lift springs
  Historical mailing list - Todd Brown
  Thu, 13 Mar 2014 20:27:03 -0700
  The winner was a shot CV joint and axle (247K miles will do that.) I guess the new height really brought out the fault...
• Re: Short c.v. Axles ?
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge
  Tue, 17 Jul 2018 10:49:46 -0700
  ...When I purchased my ‘89 auto trans Westy, I had noisy cv joints. Took them out to inspect and found that it had the...
• Re: CV joint rotation ?
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Mon, 23 Jul 2001 22:59:26 -0700
  ...the German or VW grease intended for CV use is > SUPERIOR to anything else. The moly and lead contents are critical. > Don't use...
• Re: More: Re: Rear CV joints
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 21 Dec 2001 10:39:35 -0500
  ...For about 20% cheaper, ($104 with listmember discount), I have brand NEW German Lobro CV's complete with German boot kits, grease, and hardware...
• Re: CV Joint Removal (OK, we go back to the topic)
  Historical mailing list - H Steven Dolan
  Thu, 11 Aug 1994 15:17:48 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I was awfully glad not to see one of those compressed dished washers under the joint. The C-clip is enough of a pain...
• Nutz...
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 1 Nov 2006 01:52:13 -0500
  ...Last time I had grenaded a CV joint on the right rear (outside) . This time I sheared the axle cleanly on the left rear...
• Re: my clunk
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 8 May 1999 00:26:38 -0400
  ...my clunk >Ok I had a chance to really see what was going on tonight here's the >deal...... > >The outer CV joint on...
• Re: Sounds Like a Bad CV joint?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 10 Feb 2014 11:34:26 -0600
  ...wrote: > > > > Im asking for your opinions as to identify a bad CV joint. > > > > I had for sometime heard a little clunking back there, to...
• Re: CV joint socket size?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sat, 12 Oct 2013 09:56:56 -0500
  ...CV joint socket size? >> > >> > My gkn lobro CV joints arrived today yay! One question do I use the >> grease >> > they came with or upgrade...
• Re: removing ball joint nut?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 3 Sep 2009 14:24:15 -0700
  ...I need to remove the ball joint, problem is the nut is right under under > the CV joint and I can only use an...
• Re: OK, Everybody now.....
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Mon, 1 Aug 1994 11:49:33 -0700 (PDT)
  Ok, how about: >> Old MacDonald had a Bus >> VeeWee VeeWee O >> And on that Bus he had some CV JOINTS! >> VeeWee VeeWee O >> With...
• Re: FW: CV Joint Swapping
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 21 Apr 2000 17:14:12 +1200
  >Flipping the axleshafts end-for-end *will* reverse their direction of >rotation. (Whether that will help them last longer, I do not know.) Of...
• Re: The Thompson Coupling
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 3 Dec 2007 21:14:15 -0800
  ...Cost of manufacturing will limit the market to very special applications, it isn't going to replace the CV joint as we know it...
• Scraping sound from rear
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:40:08 -0800
  ...Could it be wheel bearings or CV joints? How to tell? Thanks, - David, 1987 Wolfsburg, automatic ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them...
• Removing axle question
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Sun, 18 Jan 2009 14:34:14 -0800
  ...in there somewhere)? To clarify, I am NOT talking about the CV joint/axle assembly (which is already out). Thanks for any tips! Gary
• Re: Dead tranny
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:52:04 -0800
  What year is it ??? joking !! Perhaps it's just a CV joint that the bolts got loose and fell out ...which will get you...
• Reman. Half Shaft---an Oxymoron???
  Historical mailing list - Michael Nichols
  Sun, 14 Apr 2002 14:37:09 -0400
  ...take a pair of worn out cv joints, take them and clean them. Add new grease, $10.00 worth of new boots and bolts...
• Re: CV Joint Vibration
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:53:30 -0800
  ...Just clicked all the > >> time > >> til it self destructed. > > > > > > FWIW all listers, > > > > Van-cafe has a great CV rebuild "how to" on their site...
• Re: What are you folks working on these days?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 24 Jul 2023 16:47:57 -0400
  Hi Jim, Yes, I’m guarding my original CV joints and trying to care for them. This is partly why I check for rips...
• Re: CV joints. Adding new grease.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 26 Dec 2001 16:44:07 -0600
  ...I did find a > good > photo page on the my home page search engine at: > http://volksweb.relitech.com/cvjoints.htm > > But I still...
• Injected grease into CV boot and it works
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 21 Sep 2016 18:15:18 -0700
  ...I filled the syringe twice (one whole tube of CV grease) and squeezed the grease on two "sides" of the joint... The vacuum line...
• Re: Struck Oil, Rebuilt CV's and a Tense Trip Home
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 11 Dec 2004 10:15:29 -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 joint bolts?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 28 Jul 2003 19:51:18 -0600
  ...cv joint bolts? Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 16:24:07 -0700 Howdy, Bill, I'm pretty conscious about dirt filling up heads of...
• Re: 1983.5 with 108,000 miles
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Wed, 27 Feb 2002 13:05:47 -0800
  ...1983.5 with 108,000 miles > > I'm planning to service all four of my CV joints in the next couple of > weeks. I...
• Re: CV Joint separation from axle shaft
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Thu, 25 Nov 1999 14:34:07 -0800
  ...Clamp the axel in soft-jaws and place the drift on the inner race/hub of the CV to knocken it offen there. And...
• Re: stuck CV joint (kinda long)
  Historical mailing list - morrison
  Wed, 26 Jul 1995 19:06:38 -0700 (PDT)
  ...It started with wanting to replace just the cv boot. But of course once i got the transaxel out with both cvs, i took...
• Re: Cv boots
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 15 Aug 2021 13:54:19 -0600
  ...If they are indeed Lobro CV joints. Any info about longevity? Since I tend to do some very long distance roadtrips with my Vanagon...
• Re: Slight VW Content - Most versatile torque wrench?
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Fri, 28 Apr 2017 13:32:22 -0400
  ...steve@williamsitconsulting.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I am going to service my CV joints this weekend. I've decided it's > worthwhile to invest in...
• Re: Best Cars to go 200,000 Miles
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Fri, 7 Sep 2007 14:56:58 -0700
  ...figures. > Did any of them ever have CV joint problems? My 2001 Passat had torn outer CV boots at 80k miles. They were not...
• clunking noise is baaack!
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 16 Dec 1995 21:51:12 -0600 (CST)
  ...The guesses back then were "probably a CV joint," and if not that, "perhaps a wheel bearing." Even the drum brakes were suspected, but...
• Re: CV Joint packing
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Thu, 6 Jan 2005 17:34:35 -0600
  I recently replaced a CV boot and thoroughly cleaned, inspected, and repacked it. I used Ben McAfferty's directions (from Volkscafe.com) and they...
• Broken down on I80 eastern Colorado, western Nebraska
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Sun, 31 Mar 2024 23:25:53 +0000
  My son is broken down on I80 near the border of Colorado and Nebraska.  The van has a failed CV joint.  He has a...
• Re: GoWesty! Headlight upgrade Kit.... instructions from 3 years ago?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:13:00 -0700
  repacked those cv joints yet Michael? :) scrub up and get your mitts right up in there . cheers alistair On 24-Jun-10, at 4...
• Re: CV joints/f
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 2 May 1995 10:29:43 -0700 (PDT)
  On Mon, 1 May 1995, John Anderson wrote, ... I really think swapping driveshafts could be a big error... ... 15 years being constantly torqued in...
• cv-joints
  Historical mailing list
  8 Jul 94 17:33:25 GMT
  Here's a layman's question: I need a pair of roof racks for my '93 Eurovan -- it has the "groove" type things that...
• Re: CV joint lifespan?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Tue, 07 Jan 1997 12:35:39 -0800
  Jeff Carver wrote: > there are lots of them, and it's a simple task to bore the master out to > a specific diameter and...
• Re: Good Buy? Run to the bank? Fair Price?
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Tue, 29 Jun 1999 01:36:47 -0500
  ...This assumes that the noise/vibration is a relatively minor issue, like a cv joint. If it is the transmission, then the price must...
• Atlanta Vanagon Mechanic Suggestions
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Tue, 7 Dec 1999 16:59:27 -0500
  ...He just left, after putting an engine, and CV joints, etc. Anyway, I need a new mechanic. Any suggestions. ___________________________________________________ Donald Baxter TransCore dbax@mindspring...
• Karl Bloss and Family tripping the Light Fantastic .. anybody heard from them lately??
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 10 Dec 2000 11:39:46 -0600
  ...reason i'm worried is he said he was having some cv joint knocking. :( unca joel
• 84 GL For sale???
  Historical mailing list - James Comer
  Thu, 3 Nov 2005 17:49:19 -0800
  ...oil leaks but i think there from the valve covers...The cv joints are bad but i have them ordered an plan on installing...
• Re: CV axel repair
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 14 Apr 2006 15:13:28 -0400
  ...Is this what I use for Vc joints,if the hex dosent fit? I already have torx sockets.
• Re: Scraping sound from rear
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:05:12 -0500
  ...Could it be wheel bearings or CV joints? > How to tell? Could be a dragging brake shoe, does the sound change or vanish if...
• Re: CV joints
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 18 Feb 2008 05:25:59 -0800
  At 2/17/2008 09:51 PM, Scott Daniel - Shazam wrote: >I just find them very fiddly to get back together. >And it probably...
• Re: discrepancy in rear axle length
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 4 Feb 2010 17:15:12 -0800
  ...when I replaced the worn axle assemblies (that is, axle, 2 CV joints, 2 boots) recently on my 85 2 WD manual tranny Vanagon...
• Re: [WetWesties] Speaking of CV joints, how do you get them back on??
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sat, 17 Apr 2010 12:51:06 -0400
  ...type2 list ; wetwesties ; vanagon Subject: [WetWesties] Speaking of CV joints, how do you get them back on?? Geez, I've been cursing for 2...
• Re: Unusual vibration while accelerating
  Historical mailing list - Zach Hale
  Thu, 7 Oct 2010 18:42:57 -0700
  So after brief inspection of the mounts, I consulted my mechanic who came back to me with "your cv joints are the worst I...
• Free tools for Rear Bearings and other stuff
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 18 Sep 2004 10:29:18 -0500
  ...Rest the drive shaft on your extra jack stand so you don't hurt >> the cv >> joint also cover the exposed cv joint with...
• Re: Re: 5 speed SA transmission issue
  Historical mailing list - Chris Weddle
  Mon, 14 Apr 2003 10:24:59 -0700
  ...Just as I was finishing the job and reconnecting things I realized >> the flanges for the CV joint were larger than those on my...