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General => The garage => Topic started by: free on 11 March 2004, 12:58

Title: cv joints
Post by: free on 11 March 2004, 12:58

fitted a new drivers side outer 1, 2 days ago. and it started clicking this morning! could it be gone again! the boot hasent come off so the greese ant fell out.

Title: Re:cv joints
Post by: kniterider on 11 March 2004, 13:40

you should have bought a complete drivve shaft off of me  :P

Title: Re:cv joints
Post by: richandhazel on 12 March 2004, 16:13

You fitted a new outer CV joint a couple of days ago and its clicking already :o
Something must be wrong...........even a cheap pattern one should last longer than a couple of days.

Thoroughly packed with grease? New circlip? Definately pushed and 'located' onto the shaft?

Title: Re:cv joints
Post by: mk1 on 13 March 2004, 19:03

Are you sure the noise is from the o/s outer joint?.
Steve.

Title: Re:cv joints
Post by: kniterider on 13 March 2004, 20:53

did you change the right joint??
 ;D

Title: Re:cv joints
Post by: free on 15 March 2004, 13:10

yeh, turned out to be the inner, just sounded like the outer. prob solved now  ;)

Title: Re:cv joints
Post by: Gambit on 15 March 2004, 14:28

how hard a job is it to do the inners? mines are bad ::)

Title: Re:cv joints
Post by: richandhazel on 15 March 2004, 14:36

Unusual for the inners to go before the outers :-\

Title: Re:cv joints
Post by: Blue MK2 on 15 March 2004, 18:49

If you have worn cv joints, does the steering shake slightly too?

CV joints, anyone got a price on the inners and outers, VAG ones.

cheers big ears :P

Title: Re:cv joints
Post by: mk1 on 16 March 2004, 23:17

I have seen worn inner cv joints giving a slight wheel wobble as you accelerate.
Steve.

Title: Re:cv joints
Post by: Blue MK2 on 17 March 2004, 15:46

VW are asking for ?80.62p just for the outer CV shaft.

seems like a ripp off as it doesnt include anything else

is it a ripp off?  ???

Title: Re:cv joints
Post by: mk1 on 17 March 2004, 18:14

The VW joint kit comes with a joint, cv boot (that lasts more than a year ::)) grease and all the clips. Not bad vfm for genuine parts.
Steve.