there's gear lube in my cv joint...

[peter@thescirocco.com (Peter)]

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From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
[mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of Corey Muscavitz
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 11:35 PM
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Subject: there's gear lube in my cv joint...


well.... tonight has been rather interesting...  after getting the h2o
pump out, and realizing that my wheel bearring is shot, and my rack boot
is severd... i find this! see.. in order to get the strut/steering
knuckle out, i realized that i didn't have the right size socket here at
home to get the axel nut off.  so i thought, "well self, it's really no
big deal to ge tthe WHOLE drive axel out, and dissassemble it at
school."  so i started ripping and tearring at one more thing tonight.
then just as i was taking hte last allen bolt out of the drive flange,
"drip, drip, (faster) drip, drip!" and then i realized that hmm... this
aint supposed to be happening!  upon further inspection i noticed that
the little seal(?) that's inside the drive flange was torn.  should i
just replace the seal, and forget about it?  or could have some cv
grease get in there and done something bad to my tranny?  
thanks guys, tonight has been a rather interesting, patience trying
night.
later
corey
8816v

I'd repack the inner CV since the thinner gear oil got into it.

I doubt any CV grease got into the tranny...

Make sure you degrease the inner CV, before you press the new puck seal
in.

A 30mm socket works great for pushing the puck seal in.

Peter

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