Re: Inner or Outer CV's

["Lee Folkman" <general_lee_f@hotmail.com>]

Well, when my CV joint blew out on me (on the way home from college, trying 
to get comfortable for 6 hours wasn't too fun) the way I was told to figure 
out which it was is to grab the axle and try to turn it...if there is a lot 
of play, it's the inner.  Or try to wiggle it up and down and see if there 
is a lot of play on the inner or the outer.  I'm not sure how if this works 
as good if it hasn't blow yet though. HTH!

Lee Folkman
'84 Wolfsburg Scirocco 8v
'82 Jetta Diesel(225,000+ and can still get 50mpg)
http://scirocco84.homepage.com


>From: Sal Guzzo <pellom@yorku.ca>
>To: VWofT@onelist.com
>CC: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Inner or Outer CV's
>Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 01:29:28 -0400
>
>Hey gangs,
>
>This noise thingie which emits itself from the passenger side front wheel
>is getting progressively louder. I believe that it's a CV joint gone back.
>However, I'm not sure whether it's an outer or inner CV. How can I tell if
>it's an inner CV? I replaced the wheel bearing last summer and I've only
>done 5000kms since replacing it. Hence, I'm gonna overlook  a bad wheel
>bearing (in addition, it's not audible when driving straight)
>
>However, when I turn the wheel to the left I can hear it but it doesn't
>sound like a clunking sound. I've had two CV's go bad on me so far. I was
>just gonna replace the outer CV but I wanna make sure that it's not the
>inner one.  So what do the masses say?
>
>TIA
>
>Sal Guzzo
>81 Scirocco
>81 Scirocco S (16V to be)
>84 Rabbit (now Gti)
>84 Scirocco Wolfsburg
>67 Peugeot 404
>
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