 CV Joint question, is there suppposed to be a gap? |
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| purple |
 Sep 25 2007, 09:08 AM
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Pigeon feeders attract me  Group: Members Posts: 938 Joined: 24-July 07 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 7,942 Region Association: None  |
Hey guys, I was under the car last night and saw something puzzling.
There is a flange on the transaxle that the CV joint mount to. There is a small gap between this flange and the CV joint on both sides. It also looks as if there has been grease flung out of this gap. There is supposed to be a gasket in there isnt there? Should it be a solid, gap free assembly from the flange all the way to the boot? Could you guys post a pic of what your CV joints at the tranny look like? I'm really curious to see if the P.O. did yet another shortcut on this car. Would red RTV work on this in place of a gasket? If indeed there is a gasket supposed to be here |
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| Allan |
Sep 25 2007, 09:15 AM
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Teenerless Weenie Group: Members Posts: 8,373 Joined: 5-July 04 From: Western Mesopotamia Member No.: 2,304 Region Association: Southern California |
Paper cv gasket goes between the flange and the joint. IMHO, I wouldn't go the rtv route. Gaskets are cheap and you can get them at just about any bug shop...
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| Cap'n Krusty |
Sep 25 2007, 10:06 AM
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Cap'n Krusty Group: Members Posts: 10,794 Joined: 24-June 04 From: Santa Maria, CA Member No.: 2,246 Region Association: Central California |
QUOTE(Headrage @ Sep 25 2007, 08:15 AM)  Paper cv gasket goes between the flange and the joint. IMHO, I wouldn't go the rtv route. Gaskets are cheap and you can get them at just about any bug shop... You'll be lookin' long and hard for 91`4 CV joint gaskets at a "bug shop", because VWs, for the most part, don't use 'em. There are a few later cars that do, but they're the glue-on internal style, rather than the perimeter style 914s use. Your first clue may be they have a 914 part number, NOT a VW one. The Cap'n |
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purple CV Joint question Sep 25 2007, 09:08 AM
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Gasket is how it was designed Sep 25 2007, 09:20 AM purple ordered the gaskets from AA just now.
Now, cue Dr... Sep 25 2007, 09:43 AM So.Cal.914 http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=5... Sep 25 2007, 09:56 AM tdgray Ahhh Crusty as ever... but correct :rolleyes: Sep 25 2007, 10:12 AM purple Besides the fact that there arent bug shops as far... Sep 25 2007, 10:15 AM Cap'n Krusty While I'm generally opposed to the use of RTV,... Sep 25 2007, 11:08 AM purple Another question I have in this area... since it... Sep 25 2007, 11:11 AM
Cap'n Krusty I'd use grease that's speciffically made f... Sep 25 2007, 12:33 PM |
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