[SPAM] Re: What the heck is going on? Bearing or CV Joint?

[jlagnese at massed.net (John S. Lagnese)]

I use a die cutter or dremel and then a chisel, the inner race has no
chance!
John
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Allyn" <amalventano@sc.rr.com>
To: "David Winchell" <xavsbud@gmail.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 10:42 AM
Subject: Re: What the heck is going on? Bearing or CV Joint?


> hmm, never know, the symptoms sound like a wheel bearing (happens during
> turn, etc). could it be a rear bearing perhaps? i know bearing noise is
very
> difficult to localize while driving. i had a bad front bearing trick me
once
> (thought it was the side opposite of what it really was).
>
> inner cv joints usually make a clunky/chewey kind of sound, and bearings
> make more of a whine (kind of a very slow motion grinding sound). in both
> cases the sound follows the speed of the car.
>
> as for that inner race, you only need a press and the right bearing tool
to
> grab it and yank it off. would have took like 5 mins.
>
> Al
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Winchell" <xavsbud@gmail.com>
> To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 12:31 PM
> Subject: What the heck is going on? Bearing or CV Joint?
>
>
> > Ok,  I have been driving with what I thought was a bad front wheel
> > bearing for a couple of weeks. I bought the TT tool from peter and
> > picked up a couple of bearings at the same time.
> >
> > Yesterday I finally got the time to throw the rocc in the air and work
> > on the bearings,  I got part way through and realized that my gear
> > puller was not going to get the inner race off the hub, done for the
> > night.  I went bright and early to advance auto to pick up a better
> > puller... No such luck.
> >
> > Resort to grinding the puppy off...  Get out the Die Grinder and an
> > hour later and I got it off.
> >
> > Bandage the cuts and get back under the car. get the new bearing
> > pressed in, press the hub back on and, Oh NO!!!!!!!  I look under the
> > car and realize that the inner CV boot is toast.  I just had these
> > rebuilt when Al did the 2.0L swap just before Cincy.  If I were a
> > swearing man I could have put together an Anson style sting of
> > explicatives worthy of conversation on Al's Sub.
> >
> > I get the car put back together and the same noise is present as
> > before that I  was convinced was a bad bearing.
> >
> > Would a bad inner CV joint have the same characteristics as a bad
> > bearing?  Noise once load is removed from the drive train? consistent
> > with speed of vehicle? Decrease on turns opposite side of bad cv
> > joint?
> >
> > Any help would be great...  Guess this is what I get for trying to do
> > something on my own with out having to take the car to Al and ask what
> > is going on....  Sorry, Al, Should have called you first....
> >
> > TIA for you help,
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > -- 
> > David L. Winchell, II
> > '87 Scirocco 2.0L 16V
> > '86 Scirocco
> > '01 Galant V6
> > '00 Silverado
> >
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