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• Re: 87 Syncro CV Joint/ Spares List
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Mar 1997 18:37:00 -0800
  >| In fact, how about generating a cross referenced parts list for the >| vanagons, something to go into Coyotes FAQ site. Nice to know that...
• Slight shudder in steering wheel
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Fri, 6 Oct 2000 19:55:58 -0500
  ...If the Westy had front-wheel drive, I'd suspect the Constant-velocity joints - it feels much like slightly bad CV's. Any ideas...
• Re: 1986 Vanagon SYNCHRO $2000
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Wed, 7 Mar 2001 12:27:41 -0800
  ...VW 1986 Vanagon Syncro Pop-top 120K mis Runs good Needs TLC & CV joint. 1 owner $2000 OBO Eastern Shore 757-787-8388 Unquote...
• Service Life of FWB's?
  Historical mailing list - Wes V
  Fri, 28 Dec 2001 09:21:19 -0500
  ...Head Change inteval is roughly 80,000 miles for a Wasserboxer and CV joints are good for 80-100,000 unless contaminated with dirt...
• Re: Vanagon vs Alternative Vehicles
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 26 May 2004 10:07:40 -0400
  On Wed, 26 May 2004, Andrew Grebneff wrote: > >True, but you will never have to replace a CV joint. A limited-slip diff > >helps...
• Re: Syncro cv boots
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 31 Jul 1995 12:15:15 -0400
  ...Be advised that VW has migrated to a brand new CV joint boot which is blue in color and made out of some kind...
• Re: CV Joint Swapping
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 20 Apr 2000 13:05:39 -0400
  ...PLEASE tell I can just leave >it as is. . . > >Steve >84 Westy > > Swap the half-shafts with CV attached from one side to >other...
• Stripped CV Bolt HELP!
  Historical mailing list - Barry Mercer
  Mon, 8 Oct 2001 09:08:39 -0400
  ...Started working on Moo's CV joints yesterday. After rounding out not one, but TWO of the bolts in that horrible,small casing on...
• CV tool name. Got it. Now, what size is it, really?
  Historical mailing list - Anonymous Digest
  Thu, 16 Dec 2004 15:11:27 -0700
  I am appreciative of the time so many took to offer a clarification about the tool for taking off my CVs. I think I...
• Re: slow, long uphill knocking noise ?!
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 20 May 2005 17:15:42 -0600
  ...Clues from the > educated? > > Dan > > This is actually one way I find bad CV joints on vehicles with rear axel CV. Jimt
• Re: Syncro Front Axle Removal
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Sat, 14 Jun 2008 07:13:39 -0700
  ...Syncro Front Axle Removal Good Afternoon, I am preparing to repack and replace the boots on the outer CV joints on the front axles...
• syncro driveshaft (again)
  Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
  Sun, 29 Nov 1998 21:57:34 -0800
  ...Last I posted about this I had the u-joints rebuilt, shaft balanced, but could not eliminate the vibration at about 65 kph. Also...
• Re: Drivetrain Diagnosis Ideas Requested
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:25:13 -0700
  ...100K miles on CV joints are a lot .. I commonly find them dry of grease almost . I don't think the stock amount of...
• Re: cv-joints
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Dove - VAX Master
  Fri, 8 Jul 1994 10:40:39 -0400 (EDT)
  ...A parts shop suggested I don't know about the joint but have you looked at the axle shaft? It may be slightly bent...
• Re: cv boots that will last??
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Thu, 27 Jan 2005 16:34:59 -0600
  I bite the bullet and buy my cv joint boots from the dealer as that seems to be the only guarantee of high quality...
• Re: A "thunk" from behind
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 5 Nov 2009 09:26:29 -0800
  ...I had the CV joints replaced about > 10,000 > miles ago. What are my easy-to-check candidates for things like this. > Before I...
• Re: wearing down my Westy
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 4 Nov 2003 08:00:05 -0700
  ...Sounds like a CV joint to me. Again, you may be able to get away with a clean and lube of the joints on...
• Re: Damn! Rounded over CV Joint Bolt!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Antaki
  Tue, 20 Jul 2004 21:18:11 -0700
  ...Damn! Rounded over CV Joint Bolt!!!! Hi all: Removing CV bolts today, got over-confident and rounded out one of the Allen-head bolts...
• Re: AMC Cylinder Head Question
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:18:41 -0800
  ...David --- Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote: > Why would you say forward only ? > And............assuming no cv joint screws have fallen out or...
• Thumping from rear of van
  Historical mailing list - Steven Manning
  Tue, 3 Mar 1998 17:20:04 -0800
  ...Does this sound like a cv joint starting to go bad? It does not do it while travelling straight or under a heavy load...
• CLicking from Rear wheel - '85
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Mon, 2 Jul 2012 11:44:11 -0400
  ...I have yet to experience this and my first thought (from reading things here) was that it could be my CV joint. The wheel...
• Re: CV reversibility?
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Thu, 11 May 2000 12:32:15 -0400
  ...It looks like the cv joint has no left or right orientation and logically so. When I put it back in can it go...
• Re: Shift but no go - Update - CV bolts go wheeeeeeeeee!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 28 Oct 2017 12:42:40 -0700
  Van Cafe has a good write up on cv joint maintenance. > On Oct 28, 2017, at 10:45 AM, David Bohannan <fjazzbass@GMAIL.COM...
• 87 syncro westy maiden voyage and bad news
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Tue, 20 Apr 2004 19:52:52 -0400
  ...wrecked these cv joints. is that normal for a bad vc to do that? well, i have since replaced those cv's but now...
• Re: Syncro U-joints/More than You Want to Know
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Thu, 13 Jan 2000 10:29:08 EST
  ...Unfortunately, the parts guy had not heard the "center" when I asked for driveshaft u--joints so, he assumed I wanted CV joints. After...
• Re: [subaruvanagon] Chatter Source Found
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Sun, 26 Nov 2000 09:19:30 -0500
  ...Yes the CV joint needs to be repacked. It is important to know why the seal let go so as to avoid a repeat...
• Re: I can name this sound in...
  Historical mailing list - George Gaudette
  Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:15:11 -0400
  ...Gaudette <gcgaudette@gmail.com> wrote: > I think I have a bad CV joint, but since I've only experienced this in > front-wheel drive...
• Re: Transmssion noise
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Mon, 9 Jun 2003 10:09:51 -0500
  ...In the past I have always been able to trace it to the CV joints which after replacement or repacking with new grease eliminated...
• Re: CV boot or axle?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:36:29 -0700
  I agree Brendan - CV joints are such amazing pieces of human thinking, as are differentials and gearboxes. On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 11...
• 1988 vanagon noise
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Tue, 14 Oct 2014 06:31:57 -0400
  New cv joints installed Mechanical thumping in rear passenger side when only turning right while accelerating around a corner The faster I drive the...
• Re: Power steering U-joint
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Sun, 9 Dec 2012 10:29:03 -0700
  ...Would there be any value to cleaning this thing up thoroughly (did that yesterday), then glopping CV grease all over and in it, then...
• Re: New England, East Coast GNATT
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 Apr 1995 14:05:08 -0400
  ...I do intend to do the cv joints. Oil cooler, hopefully. And maybe see if I can start planning on the heating system. The...
• Squeaks/grinds
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 1 Jun 1996 22:29:57 -0700
  ...that Star Trek where they saved whales....can be heard/felt only when rounding a corner at decent speed....CV joints? Well, thanks..... Gene
• Click, Click, Click
  Historical mailing list - Randy Huyck
  Mon, 20 Mar 2000 22:29:14 -0800
  ...I just replaced the clutch a few thousand miles ago, and the cv joints looked good. All the bolts were at proper torque. Ideas...
• '97 Golf Clutch Job (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 11 Sep 2002 08:41:09 -0400
  ...Haynes says cv joints are 6-point? 6 or 7 mm? Looks like the flywheel to pressure plate bolts are goofy. Anyone know what...
• Re: CV joint theory: long
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 19 Mar 2005 20:10:50 -0600
  Anonymous Digest wrote: > > now that I have paid my annual tribute ******** to the >kings and queens who run this bullshit country, >Thanks, > >John > > Hmmm...
• Re: Help removing stripped CV joint bolts
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 8 Dec 2006 16:41:57 -0600
  ...Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver chris wrote: > Anyone out there know of a tool for stuck/stripped/rounded out CV Joint > bolt? I...
• Re: "drill-out" and Broken Bolt/Stud Extraction Techniques
  Historical mailing list - Steve Elfelt
  Thu, 9 Dec 1999 11:36:29 -0500
  I had *exactly* the same problem (head busted off seized-up screw/bolt on rear outter cv joint. There was a tad sticking out...
• Re: How important are those two-hole washers?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 1 Jun 2006 18:48:06 -0400
  ...How important are those two-hole washers? Hey Just regreased and rebooted all 4 of my rear CV joints. Empited out my solvent tank...
• Re: no power to tranny??
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:49:43 -0700
  ...is drive to the front ? if it was say, a rear CV joint that became loose.....if in 2WD with unlocked rear diff it...
• Re: CV boot or axle?
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:37:47 -0400
  I used to save all the steel ball bearings from CV joints that I replaced. At one point I had a gallon sized coffee...
• Re: 89 JETTA
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Sat, 6 Apr 2002 09:41:28 -0800
  ...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: G.W. 1.5" lift springs
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Tue, 11 Mar 2014 17:37:07 -0500
  I'm thinking possible cv joints??? A taller height,more angle, more distance between transaxle flange and wheel/drive flange??? Only guessing. Velma 82...
• Re: Toronto/canadian help w Paulchen rack?
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Thu, 11 Jan 2001 16:58:58 -0500
  ...BTW it was this month that I discovered the cause of my Syncro's front left CV joint banging. OWASCO mechanics had only put...
• Just interesting observation
  Historical mailing list - Anonymous Digest
  Thu, 16 Dec 2004 15:11:49 -0700
  ...I put it in the garage a few days ago for the CV joint adventure, and when I started it up today, the racket...
• Re: clinking or clunking noise from right rear (of 86 Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Sheilah Rogers
  Sun, 19 Feb 2012 09:37:56 -0800
  ...BUT my 86 vanagon does this when i need a CV joint/boot(?) replaced/fixed/packed. s. On Feb 19, 2012, at 8:38...
• I'm Back!....and.....
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 8 Jul 1995 09:20:10 -0400
  ...They explained the problem was his CV joint and that replacing it would cost approx. $1,058 (this quote included some minor rear brake...
• Re: rotating cvs and axles from left to right
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 14 May 2002 17:22:45 -0700
  ...rotating cvs and axles from left to right > Ok, so the cv is still turning the same direction isn't it? Don't see...
• 81 Air Cooled,CV axle replacement, conversation
  Historical mailing list - Anonymous Digest
  Sat, 11 Dec 2004 14:14:27 -0700
  Hi Folks, I have a bad CV joint on my 81 Air Cooled, and am just wandering around the garage trying to get psyched...
• Re CV joints bolts Clunk x 2
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 25 Jun 1995 14:23:02 -0700
  ...Previous, the six had come out of the wheel plate but stayed on the CV. The dealership installed bolt last year, an import repair...
• Re: 4WD stuck
  Historical mailing list - John Welsh
  Sat, 16 Jan 1999 23:00:03 +0000
  ...The problem turned out to be that the left outer rear CV joint bolts sheared off, leaving the axle unconnected and the van in...
• my Klunk..... rides again!
  Historical mailing list - Jed Thompson
  Thu, 8 Apr 1999 02:16:10 -0400
  ...Thus the joint flew off and made bad bad sounds.... I spent 10 hours (count em) today replacing the bad CV and cleaning and...
• Re: cv joint question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 15 Oct 2013 17:39:36 -0500
  ...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: hey (Senator Welfare Bus)
  Historical mailing list - Greg Schmidt
  Fri, 7 Jun 1996 07:58:03 -0500 (CDT)
  ...they > spelled it "volkswagon". > -- Uh oh! Does this mean Dan Quayle is dabbling in politics again? Greg '71 Westy (with now-functional CV joints!!)
• Re: Amphibious vehicle
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Fri, 3 Dec 1999 09:07:33 -0800
  ...of guys that cut the top off of bugs and welded cv joints to the lower engine pulley and hooked up a prop to...
• Transmission leak
  Historical mailing list - Brad Fowler
  Wed, 12 Feb 2003 17:55:41 -0800
  ...What is the purpose/function of the circular metal plate next to the driver's side CV joint, towards the front of the van...
• Re: Noisy CV's and vibration?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 23 Jan 2004 10:36:37 -0600
  ...Has >anyone ever heard of this happening with the CV >joints? In all the vans ive owned, i have only had >the noise, and...
• Spare Parts List - Input
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Wed, 28 Aug 2002 06:57:30 -0700
  ...Joints - Fresh AC Rebuild - New Coolant Hoses and Pipes - Radiator Flush and Clean - New Alternator, ECU, Plug Wires, Oil/Water/Fuel Pumps - New CV...
• Re: Knocking noise
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 3 Dec 2004 12:16:50 -0700
  ...C/V joint....Bearings? > > Dave > > > David Prendergast > Greensboro, NC > > With it only at the slower speeds, I would drop that cv and see if...
• Re: Suspension noises (Clunks) 1991
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Sun, 27 Nov 2016 06:35:06 -0700
  ...tightened enough (always rear) and front cv-joint that had a cracked cage. I always replace ball joints about every 10 yrs, so don...