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• Re: labor quote to assemble CV
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:08:34 -0700
  ...I got a couple of those axles this week and all 4 joints were in loose parts so I put them back together. It...
• Re: Dead tranny
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:52:59 -0800
  ...Dead tranny What year is it ??? joking !! Perhaps it's just a CV joint that the bolts got loose and fell out ...which will...
• Re: 12-point tool
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 May 96 06:38 CDT
  ...Where is a good place to get the 12 point tool for removing CV joints >> with the dreaded connections? Thanks > >I've used a...
• Syncro front driveshaft spacers
  Historical mailing list - Milo's Kitchen
  Tue, 4 Mar 2003 18:36:03 -0500
  ...At approx 120,000 miles (late 1999) my '87 syncro needed new CV joints, one front and one rear. I didn't have a...
• Re: Spring advice
  Historical mailing list - Alex MeVay
  Sun, 18 Apr 2021 20:56:20 -0700
  ...I seem to be paying the tax in extra CV and upper ball joint wear. I did the rears first, and was driving around...
• Was. Re: Google Searching Archives...now Brooklyn. In Brooklyn and stoopid-wanna meet?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:25:21 -0600
  ...vanagon.com (insert subject) > > For example; site:gerry.vanagon.com Porsche CV joints > > > I tried that today and it no longer seems to work...
• re: Need Help Buying a Bus
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Wed, 4 Oct 95 12:06:17 EDT
  ...common rust spots, analyzing steering linkage condition, checking boots on ball joints, cv's etc. If not, I'd volunteer to organize a few...
• Re: Whiring sound from transmission/engine rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Tue, 13 Jul 1999 00:22:57 EDT
  CV Joints make a clunk clunk esp on turns or acceleration. A tire noise will change on some road surfaces. A trans mainshaft brng...
• Re: re. daily driver
  Historical mailing list - Cooper, Jonathan R.
  Tue, 12 Sep 2000 10:48:08 -0400
  ...Stuff wears out (alternators, O2 sensors, exhaust, CV joints) and sometimes parts are not manufactured right (had a weird head gasket tear after the...
• 86 GL for sale
  Historical mailing list - Chris Winesette
  Fri, 21 Jun 2002 07:24:30 -0700
  ...all new CV joints tires are in great shape. The interior is in great shape the rear seat flods down to bed (I still...
• Automatic Transmission - leak?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Campbell
  Fri, 9 Jan 2004 11:47:26 -0800
  ...1991 Vanagon Carat, 142K, automatic, original engine running very well I'm preparing to change my CV joints out and in my initial look...
• Re: Deep Water Driving
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  13 Dec 1995 12:37:36 -0800
  ...out of your CV joints when immersed this way - - - you may want to consider inspecting and re-greasing your CV joints. 4) Lots of...
• Re: Wannabus seeks advice (semi-long)
  Historical mailing list - Tobin T. Copley
  Thu, 8 Feb 1996 12:46:40 -0800 (PST)
  ...Rust where you describe, plus really rusted battery tray, shot front seat padding, cracked CV joint boots, needed to replace one CVJ, needed some...
• Re: clamps for cv boots, ridged washers for cv bolts
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:57:06 -0700
  ...Never have I seen evidence of either water >>>>> or >>>>> dirt >>>>> in >>>>> an INTACT CV joint. >>>>> >>>>> The constant splitting of this new rubber product everyone...
• Re: 97 Golf Clutch Job (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - wb6otg
  Wed, 11 Sep 2002 13:32:06 -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: Sound conundrum - input requested
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 19 Oct 2021 23:47:20 -0400
  Possibly helpful tip, I notice when on the T3 site that Chris had CV joints that were especially good for lifted vans or vans...
• Re: Google Searching Archives
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:14:42 -0500
  ...site:gerry.vanagon.com (insert subject) >For example; site:gerry.vanagon.com Porsche CV joints I tried that >today and it no longer seems...
• embarassing moments, part 2
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 26 Jun 95 12:58:16 CDT
  loose cv joints. ha! try changing all your fuel lines on your bus, struggling and grunting and getting gasoline all over you and the...
• Re: Vibration
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 28 May 1997 21:29:27 PST
  ...The CV joints are all new. Could this be transmission or >>motor mounts? In my 63 beetle mounts were the problem. What is involved...
• Torque specs please!
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Thu, 6 Apr 2000 12:46:48 -0400
  ...Bolts, flywheel to crankshaft. (my guess is 85ft/lbs) Bolts, pressure plate to flywheel (my guess is 22ft/lbs) Bolts, CV-Joint to drive...
• Re: Rear wheel noise
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 13 May 2021 19:37:15 -0700
  I’m just grasping here.., hard to suss it out over email etc All assembled, and forget the radial play in cv joints, is...
• Re: Help! Drive shaft broke off at CV joint
  Historical mailing list - P. Stanhope
  Wed, 15 Jun 2005 19:48:56 -0700
  ...Then inspect > the flanges where the CV bearing race face fits to > the flange. Look at > the bolt hols to see if any are...
• Re: Syncro vibrations... I think it's time for a mechanic!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Jul 1999 01:39:14 -0700
  ...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: So some CV's require a "custom" tool?
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Thu, 16 Dec 2004 01:10:53 -0600
  ...to order, wait, pull the joint, see if it can be reused, and then maybe >order a new CV, wait, and install it..... > >First...
• how much did you pay for your vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dan Eggert
  Sat, 7 Jul 2001 12:26:33 -0500
  ...Changed a CV joint somewhere along the way. Now it sits behind a garage with a leaky tank, bad CV joint, and blown front...
• Re: Eastcoast roadtrip contacts
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 24 Aug 2001 07:17:27 -0500
  ...As a secondary measure he should at least have his CV joints inspected (I've never seen a second hand Westy or Vanagon with...
• Unknown noise: 77 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Kirk D. Hilliard
  Tue, 2 Jul 1996 08:09:33 -0400
  ...I did not see anything suspicious down below, and the CV joints don't seem to have excessive play. What is going on? Thanks...
• Anyone have a �stabilizer bar linkage� they would be willing to part out?
  Historical mailing list - sanford schulwolf
  Fri, 19 Apr 2002 22:44:25 -0700
  Hello List, While starting the job of repackaging all of my CV joints on my 91 syncro, I broke the bolt and screw end...
• Noisy transaxle??
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Mon, 21 Oct 2013 15:31:02 -0500
  Hi Volks! Just returned from a 500+ mile trip most of the way across Iowa with silent and issue free cv joints. The more...
• Re: CV boot problem repair problem continued
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 16 Aug 2016 17:11:40 -0700
  ...I am hoping to look at a friends spare axle and CV joint >>>>> before handling mine. That will be a big help. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The info...
• Re: Transmission oil leaking from left CV axle / tranny junction
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Wed, 19 Jul 2006 12:44:50 +0000
  ...Remove the CV joint, then removed the little cap (green or blue, usually) by poking a hole in it with a screwdriver or seal...
• Re: New owner questions
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sat, 24 Nov 2012 20:39:18 -0800
  ...this normal? > > Other than the obvious CV boot, should I be also picking up the outer CV > joint also?� What about the other side...
• VW lurker Self Exposed
  Historical mailing list - J. Stutsman
  Tue, 12 Sep 1995 11:35:10 -0700 (PDT)
  ...It has lots of little things and one major problem(low compression on a rescently rebuilt engin.) I have already replaced a cv joint...
• Re: Needed: Rear right CV axle '87 Vanagon 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 16 Oct 2013 09:05:51 -0400
  ...Pack the joint and the flanges with the grease, not the boots. Re-install and use a torque wrench 32 ft. lb. Dennis -----Original...
• Re: CV axel disaster
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 14 Jun 2006 17:39:20 -0700
  ...I'm guessing those were cheap aftermarket CV bolts, if a 1.6NA managed to shear them off! I've stalled out my 2...
• Re: Cleaning CV
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:21:01 -0400
  ...prep, but it's overkill for getting lumps of grease off CV joints. And the brake cleaner spray is great for getting into corners...
• Re: Preventative Maintenance: WWYD? 84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Cory Sammons
  Sat, 4 Sep 2004 20:30:09 -0400
  ...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: CV joint bolt lock washers
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 13 Jun 2017 23:16:55 -0700
  Too bad I'm up here in Canada. I have at least a few spare ones lying around. Those are Schnorr washers? McMaster? I...
• RE: ftp site and gopher still down
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Dove - VAX Master
  Wed, 30 Nov 1994 9:10:13 -0500 (EST)
  ...Did you forget to repack its cv joints? ;-) Funny thing, I was gophering it during my lunch hour (1:30pm EST) on Monday and...
• FS 84 7-Pass
  Historical mailing list - finalcut
  Wed, 15 Nov 2000 13:26:06 -0500
  ...Problems with van 1- needs some cv joint service 2-needs speedometer 3-has sink and bed and cooler, but it was adopted in...
• Syncro front discs - general brake Q.
  Historical mailing list - van man
  Mon, 22 Oct 2001 09:39:57 -0700
  ...job? Ive never done brakes before, but have managed shocks, starer, cv joints, etc.. 3. Anything I else I should check out for replacement...
• Re: Damn! Rounded over CV Joint Bolt!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Wed, 21 Jul 2004 05:05:02 -0700
  Try a vise grip. It has worked for me MANY times in the past. Clean the bolt head first and make sure you apply...
• Re: New owner questions
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Fri, 23 Nov 2012 21:48:19 -0800
  ...Is this normal? > > Other than the obvious CV boot, should I be also picking up the outer > CV joint also? What about the other...
• Re: new driveshafts for raised vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 1 Apr 2011 12:39:08 -0700
  ...I've found a better solution, this German made driveshaft set > up.It > allows extreme axle angles using stock CV joints > > http://www.eathen64...
• Small successes first Axle in
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 29 Jun 2022 20:13:50 -0400
  ...And I help a friend do the same on my bus to fix the ever failing cv boots. Today I solo removed and replaced...
• Re: CV Joint Bolts - Why are they 12 point? ARRGH!
  Historical mailing list - Blaine Bachman
  Tue, 15 Sep 1998 11:53:37 EDT
  ...DON'T use a hacksaw - you'll just screw up your CV boot (and it's a lot of work since the bolts are...
• Inner CV Boot Replacement: Okie Redneck Style...
  Historical mailing list - Jon Joyce
  Sat, 26 Jan 2002 00:34:32 -0600
  ...would attempt to just drop the inside end and access the CV joint from there. Yeah, I know, I made this suggestion earlier on...
• Re: Rear-wheel clunk (possibly) identified
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Wed, 25 May 2016 22:04:38 -0400
  ...Thank you. > > The thread on samba zeroed in on the theory that the axle itself was moving > between the CV joints. Because it's...
• Re: stall mat
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 26 May 2013 14:50:18 -0700
  ...Pretty strong rubber scent, does diminish after a while. > > I used the thinner stuff in my front outer cv joint protector project. > > > http://shufti...
• Grease on axel
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 28 Sep 2023 18:22:09 +0000
  ...not to be able to do it, but worse if a CV joint failed.What is the list wisdom on this one??  Supposed to...
• Re: Google Searching Archives
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:55:56 -0800
  ...vanagon.com (insert subject) > > For example; site:gerry.vanagon.com Porsche CV joints > > > I tried that today and it no longer seems to work...
• Synchro Westie ('90) vibrations, loud hum, worsening.
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 2 Dec 1996 14:52:11 -0800
  ...Cursory check of (rear) bearings and CV joints seem fine. Any experience or suggestions? Richard Lee at pcpros1@ix.netcom.com
• Re: Strange clutch problem.....
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Thu, 10 Jan 2002 15:11:44 -0800
  ...See if there is an oil leak above teh driver's side CV joint. Also, have someone press the clutch in while you look...
• '85 Weekender for Sale
  Historical mailing list - Lewis Horn
  Mon, 3 Feb 2003 07:16:21 EST
  ...Over $5000 in repairs performed between 1997-2000 including ac rebuild and conversion, clutch, alternator, starter, ball joints, cv boot, fuel pump, fuel lines...
• Re: Stuck in Third Gear - New Transaxle Question
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 27 Apr 2003 11:42:58 -0500
  ...Anything else? CV joints need to be replace and this seems like a good time. --------------------- Clip -------------------- Your clutch kit will come with a pilot...
• Re: Tales from the dark side (of loose CV's)
  Historical mailing list - Jason Brand
  Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:00:26 -0400
  Those bolts holding the CV joints to the flanges on Vanagons (and really all other VWs) are stretch bolts, and must be replaced every...
• Re: VanagonSubaru SVX owners
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Fri, 29 Dec 2006 08:48:29 -0800
  ...Maybe these dampers will help preserve the CV joints on the with SVX engine. Just follow this link to my photos: http://www.flickr...
• Re: What did I do right?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 15 Jun 2003 13:29:54 -0700
  ...I missed you. > > Secondly, I recently replaced a knocking outer CV joint and changed > my oil. > On the way back from the shop where...
• Re: another edition of the dictionary ...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 04 Jan 95 21:37:40 CST
  ...to me, a brick was always a Volvo. :) but others seem to use 'brick' for the buses, so ... >> CV-JOINT one of the small...
• Re: Bad Vibrations 87 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 30 Apr 2001 18:23:48 -0400
  probably a bad cv joint. same thing happened to me 24 hrs after 4 wheeling in the sand. cheers, mjs -----Original Message----- From: Alan...