Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2009 17:21:02 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: axle connected to hub bone?
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hi,
I can't actually say for sure if it's safe to drive without the circlip in
place.
It's possible that the geometry of things won't allow the outer CV joint to
come apart, clip or no clip.
the one I did....replacing a front outer cv joint on a syncro ............I
couldn't get that apart for anything,
and ended up cutting the old CV joint off, and installing a new one, with
new boot etc.
probably, if it was me, I'd install a new german outer CV joint with clip,
as long as the inner CV joint is good.
Scott
www.turbovans.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Klein" <david@ASHTEC.CA>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 5:00 PM
Subject: Re: axle connected to hub bone?
> You hit the nail on the head Scott. I undid the boot claps and pulled
> back the CV boot and able to put the shaft back in the hub so I could
> finish putting on the strut/spring. I am flip flopping on buying new
> one from Gowesty and having the old one as back up.
>
> I guess it is not a good idea to drive it while the clip isn't on?
>
> I still have the left side to do(strut/spring) so I can practice less
> horsing more delicate handling like my German ancestries.
>
> Thanks all:)
>
>
> On Aug 8, 2009, at 2:22 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
>
>> That sounds like the outer CV joint came apart inside the boot.
>> Especially if the large nut is still on the outer end of the stub
>> axle that goes through the hub.
>> not a good thing of course.
>> Syncro front suspension is 'different' or challenging the first
>> time you ever work on one.
>> Be gentle with the CV joint boots, the outers mainly, I've had them
>> go from fine to having a split in one, from horsing around getting
>> the cv joint angle more severe than the boots like, just changing
>> springs and shocks.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Klein" <david@ASHTEC.CA>
>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>> Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 10:38 AM
>> Subject: Re: axle connected to hub bone?
>>
>>
>>> I didn't remove anything that is part of the cv and/or axle. I am
>>> just changing the strut/spring and to get better access I removed the
>>> two top bolts of the upper ball joint. Now the end of the axle moves
>>> around inside the cv boot and I can tell it is no longer inside the
>>> hub because I can move the rotor and it doesn't turn the axle.
>>>
>>> Thanks, David
>>>
>>> On Aug 8, 2009, at 10:20 AM, David Milo wrote:
>>>
>>>> The stub axle should not have come out of the hub unless you
>>>> already removed the retaining nut. Did you do that / mean that? Or
>>>> did you mean that the axle came apart from the outer CV joint hub?
>>>>
>>>> Dave
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 11:30 AM, David Klein <david@ashtec.ca>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> HI, I hope I am posting this right.
>>>>
>>>> I am replacing the strut/spring on my 91 Westy Syncro. When I
>>>> removed
>>>> the top ball joint (two bolts) and moved rotor/brake assemble off to
>>>> the side I noticed that the axle came out of the hub. Is this
>>>> suppose
>>>> to happen or it suppose to held to the hub the a snap ring?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance, David
>>
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