CV joint wear, taken apart, cleaned up and worn out... I guess |
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CV joint wear, taken apart, cleaned up and worn out... I guess |
malcolm2 |
Apr 7 2014, 09:32 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,745 Joined: 31-May 11 From: Nashville Member No.: 13,139 Region Association: South East States |
A thank you goes out to Mike Blizzard for supplying me with 2 axles this past weekend. I have taken them apart and cleaned the 40 year old grease out of them. I have watched Van Svensen's video on youtube and he showed 1 ?spider? with the same problem. He just turned his around. The outer portion of these CVs shows some wear.
I would have thought the outer would have more wear. But maybe the wear comes from poor lubrication? I still have the 2nd axle's joints to clean up, but that will have to wait 'til Tuesday. The cage shows only a slight bit of shine where the balls sit. All the other goodies are cleaned and show not wear. Missing 2 schorr washers, so somone had been in here before me. My limited knowledge of this tells me that both of these joints are bad and to call Eric and get me some new CV joints. I can't imagine that there are any good used joints left, or parts for that matter. Anyone agree.... disagree? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/chowtime.gif) |
MikeM |
Apr 20 2014, 09:32 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 564 Joined: 16-May 10 From: Calgary, Canada Member No.: 11,733 Region Association: Canada |
Hi....what do you mean when you say it smoothed out your ride?
I have been chasing a shimmy for years in my car and have been thinking about new axles and cv's from Tangerine. I'd hate to spend the 600 bucks and not fix the problem. What kinds of problems were you having besides the clunking? Mike |
malcolm2 |
Apr 20 2014, 09:55 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,745 Joined: 31-May 11 From: Nashville Member No.: 13,139 Region Association: South East States |
Hi....what do you mean when you say it smoothed out your ride? I have been chasing a shimmy for years in my car and have been thinking about new axles and cv's from Tangerine. I'd hate to spend the 600 bucks and not fix the problem. What kinds of problems were you having besides the clunking? Mike George's "Tech Tips 700" page 42 # 253 says: "A clicking noise while under way is caused by a dry CV joint.....worn joints can also cause a vibration in the seat of your pants." It is really hard to put my finger on the exact improvement. I seem to have vibrations abound. But this is just one half shaft and 2 joints and I think it helped. What you might do is watch Van's videos above and pull your axles, clean all the old grease off of your joints and look for wear. Then if all looks good, reload with fresh grease. After doing this, you might get the same improvement I got. I bet all that could be done in one weekend, maybe one day. For the cost of a weekend and 8 ounces of grease vs. the axles. Then if you do need Joints, just buy the joints.... about $100 each $400 for all. |
MikeM |
Apr 20 2014, 04:33 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 564 Joined: 16-May 10 From: Calgary, Canada Member No.: 11,733 Region Association: Canada |
Hi....what do you mean when you say it smoothed out your ride? I have been chasing a shimmy for years in my car and have been thinking about new axles and cv's from Tangerine. I'd hate to spend the 600 bucks and not fix the problem. What kinds of problems were you having besides the clunking? Mike George's "Tech Tips 700" page 42 # 253 says: "A clicking noise while under way is caused by a dry CV joint.....worn joints can also cause a vibration in the seat of your pants." It is really hard to put my finger on the exact improvement. I seem to have vibrations abound. But this is just one half shaft and 2 joints and I think it helped. What you might do is watch Van's videos above and pull your axles, clean all the old grease off of your joints and look for wear. Then if all looks good, reload with fresh grease. After doing this, you might get the same improvement I got. I bet all that could be done in one weekend, maybe one day. For the cost of a weekend and 8 ounces of grease vs. the axles. Then if you do need Joints, just buy the joints.... about $100 each $400 for all. Yes, I have done the axles and joints. I took them apart and cleaned them up as best I could. Unfortunately they looked about the same as yours but I had to put them back together. My problem is a whole car shimmy, probably not the cv's unless an axle or stub axle is bent. Thanks, Mike |
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