/ CV Joint Prive

[treed2 at wsu.edu (T. Reed)]

Huh? You talking about the ball joint?

'cuz the CV joint is not designed to take any push-pull force at all.

And having the a-arm attached is pretty dern important fer steerin' and
all.

-Toby

[ It's not going to block the a-arm from popping off either because the
a-arm drops down, rather than up (where the outer cv joint sits when
installed) ]


On Thu, 12 Feb 2004, Patrick Bureau wrote:

> Well if you tighten the axle nut at the prescribed torque, it aint going to
> come off yanno!
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
> [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of T. Reed
> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 3:06 AM
> To: L F
> Cc: 'scirocco list'
> Subject: Re:/ CV Joint Prive
>
> On Wed, 11 Feb 2004, L F wrote:
>
> > You're kidding, right?
>
> Meh.
>
> Cars differ... I've always had some difficulty getting the final centimeter
> or so to get in without something to tap it in with.
>
> If you get it aligned just right (which is really more of a 'must' than a
> 'should') it will slip in to place without much of a fight, but I still use
> a hammer to make sure its seated completely.
>
> I sure as hell don't want the ball joint popping out when I'm going 60
> around a hairpin turn :)
>
> -Toby
>
> >
> > I did mine two weeks ago, ball joint slid right back in.
> > Did I just get lucky or is something amiss with yours?
> >
> > Larry
> >
> >   You'll want a BFH to pound the ball joint back in place when you're
> done,
> >   tho.
> >
> >   -Toby
> >
>
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