

| Subject: | Re: CV joint failure while on a trip, what next? |
| From: | James Walldow |
| Date: | Mon, 5 May 2003 00:04:47 -0800 |
no mech am i...but i have heard of people packing grease in the joint as is needed to get them home......james phil cain wrote: >>Dear All, >>While parking a heared a snapping sound and I >>believe my outer front CV joint is gone. >>The drive shaft is movable quite a bit inside the cv >>boot. >>I have a decoupler and the bus drives ok. >>Need to drive back home (1000km). There is no chance >>of getting a new cv joint before I get home. >>Do I have to remove the whole joint though? >>Or can I just drive back home. >>Anything that could happen if I leave it in? >> >>I am a bit surprised that I had no warning befoer it >>happened. And even now it makes a "clonk" only once >>in a while... >> >>Thanks for your help. Lukas >> >>Lukas, Do you feel lucky, 1000 miles on a known bad >> >CV joint, Have you ever seen one that came loose at 60 >MPH they whip around very good and destroy whatever >they hit. I would delay the trip untill repairs can be >made. Phil > >> >> >> >> >> >>Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to >> >http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. >http://search.yahoo.com >
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