 CV Joint Roll Pins, How to Remove? |
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| nick mironov |
 May 26 2008, 01:53 AM
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nickm  Group: Members Posts: 204 Joined: 12-June 05 From: San Francisco, CA Member No.: 4,264  |
How does one remove the blind roll pins from the CV joint without damaging the roll pins so they can be reused?
And, which CV joint grease is recommended? |
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| Gint |
May 26 2008, 09:49 AM
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Mike Ginter Group: Admin Posts: 16,071 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Denver CO. Member No.: 20 Region Association: Rocky Mountains  |
Throw us a bone here Nick! Let's see a picture of your beautiful 914.
I haven't done it, I've installed missing pins but never removed one. I'd probably try a "suitable drift" from the back side of the joint to remove the roll pin. A good quality Moly grease for the joints. Pelican carries it. As well as a Swepco variety if memory servers me correctly. |
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| nick mironov |
May 26 2008, 12:22 PM
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nickm Group: Members Posts: 204 Joined: 12-June 05 From: San Francisco, CA Member No.: 4,264 |
I really haven't done too much to the car since my build thread posting, except that I added a Weltmeister front sway bar.
Last weekend I broke a CV joint at the Alameda PCA Autocross. I have ordered the Renegade axle/CV joint kits. I removed the two existing axles and I'm waiting for the new axles/CVs - hope to get them in a week or two. The CV joint failure was just like the one in Yarin's post. The roll pin can not be hammered out rom the back, since it is in a blind hole. The attached picture shows a slide-hammer solution from the Pelican Board. It will be easier just to buy new roll pins - they are only $2 each at Pelican.  Nick |
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| Allan |
May 26 2008, 12:49 PM
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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 |
Just take one of the cv's to a Napa auto parts store and they can just match them up for you.
I've done it a couple of times. They seem to have tons of different sizes in stock... |
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| Gint |
May 26 2008, 01:02 PM
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Mike Ginter Group: Admin Posts: 16,071 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Denver CO. Member No.: 20 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
There ya go. And I suspect they would come out easily enough just twisting with vise grips.
Forgot it was a blind hole. Sorry. I don't have one sitting here in front of me. |
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| Cap'n Krusty |
May 26 2008, 01:04 PM
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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(nick mironov @ May 26 2008, 11:22 AM)  The roll pin can not be hammered out from the back, since it is in a blind hole. The attached picture shows a slide-hammer solution from the Pelican Board. It will be easier just to buy new roll pins - they are only $2 each at Pelican. Nick "Blind hole"? Not on any 914 CV Joint I've ever seen. Use a 7mm drift. The Cap'n |
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| nick mironov |
May 26 2008, 01:50 PM
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nickm Group: Members Posts: 204 Joined: 12-June 05 From: San Francisco, CA Member No.: 4,264 |
QUOTE(Cap'n Krusty @ May 26 2008, 12:04 PM) QUOTE(nick mironov @ May 26 2008, 11:22 AM) The roll pin can not be hammered out from the back, since it is in a blind hole. The attached picture shows a slide-hammer solution from the Pelican Board. It will be easier just to buy new roll pins - they are only $2 each at Pelican. Nick "Blind hole"? Not on any 914 CV Joint I've ever seen. Use a 7mm drift. The Cap'n Oh yeah... It will help to take the dust cover off the back first to expose the other side of the hole. Thanks! Nick |
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