Re: love/hate cv story

[ChuckKuecker <ckuecker@mcs.net>]

At 16:25 9/9/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Hey everybody:
>Last night, I was driving home from hanging out.  I had just left a
>friends house, and was only doing twenty, just then, I feel a pull, and
>then I cannot go anywhere?!?!?!?  So I get out of my car to find THAT MY
>BALL JOINT HAD SLIPPED OUT AND MY OUTER CV HAD DISCONNECTED ITSELF FROM
>THE AXLE.
>
>oh fuck :>(  Time to put it all back together with 2 new ball joints,
>one new tie rod assy, two new strut bearings and a set of new front
>wheel bearings.  Fun FUN FFFUUUUNNN in the cold ass new york sun!
>
>--
>dharma

I would look very critically at the outer CV joint. They don't take kindly
to this sort of treatment...

Were there any warning symptoms for the ball joint? My '83 had lousy worn
joints, but I only saw it when making a hard turn - there would be a small
bump in the steering as the ball shifted in the socket. I really discovered
the problem while looking at the suspension with weight off the wheels.





Chuck Kuecker

ckuecker@mcs.net

'83 Scirocco (new paint!)
'58 Ghia Convert
'75 Bug (getting better)
'67 Bug
'63 Bug (for sale)
'91 Vanagon


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