Inner CV Joint bolts

[Daniel B. Freedman]

Mike,

	I see your point but ... I'll bet you have never flushed your
brake fluid, which should be done every year.

	Yes most fluids and greases have a life span, and the rule of
thumb is change at the 1/2 life, unless it picks up contaminates then
more often. CV's will tolerate a great deal of abuse and then when they
fail you replace them, or you can re-grease them every 2 or 3 years and
they will last forever.

	914 owners tend to be "less rich" so they do things to avoid
costly repairs or being stuck someplace in the dark, our cars can do
that all by themselves.

	My A6 quattro felt better after I cleaned and repacked the
joints at 3 years old.

	But as in life the choices are all yours.

Dan
parts at 914parts.com
www.914parts.com



-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com] On
Behalf Of Motor Sport Visions Photography
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 3:34 PM
To: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: RE: Inner CV Joint bolts

In a message dated 12/10/2001 Daniel B. Freedman writes:

<< I just want to remind you all that the Stock CV grease is only good
for
max of two years!! >>

Hmmm... I guess that means my 15 year/190k mile old 5ktq with ten CV
joints is on borrowed time? ;-) To date, only one boot has split on this
car and the driveline is still as quiet and smooth as ever.

If CV grease as packed in quattro CV joints really only lasts 2 years I
have to believe there would be a whole lot more failures reported in
this forum. But, what would I know...I have only owned 62 Audi CV joints
(6 quattros and one CGT) in the last 14 years. To date I have replaced
one CV joint (main driveshaft front in a 132k old 4kq) and one boot (a
front outer on my current 5ktq some 4 years back now).

I'm sorry, but I can't buy that we should be repacking CV joints every
two years. Perhaps on a 914, but I never owned mine long enough to know.
I did put a lot of miles on two different 911s though, never had to on
them and never had CV joint troubles there either.

Mike Veglia
Motor Sport Visions Photography
http://www.motorsportvisions.com