A6 CV joint

[Grant Lenahan]

True, a repack is fine - in fact preferedd, with a solid, clean, 
unblemished joint. I just did one and have the other to go.
But if he "heard" it - he didnt catch it early.
Deterioration is exponential, and once it's moving (making noise) its 
well on its way.

Grant
On Apr 10, 2007, at 5:23 PM, Craig D. Niederst wrote:

> If you caught it early (which it sounds like you did), just clean and 
> repack
> the old joint. I just did this on my '00 A6 4.2 Sunday (2nd boot to
> go...driver side @ 57k, passenger @ 61k). The boot kit is ~$15 from 
> any of
> your favorite online vendors. There is a nice write-up in the 
> AudiWorld Tech
> section that is good reference for this job
> (http://www.audiworld.com/tech/wheel37.shtml). Should save you around
> $150-200 in labor if you DIY.
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> Craig
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> '00 A6 4.2 (61k)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com 
> [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On
> Behalf Of Kyle Ledford
> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 10:05 AM
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: A6 CV joint
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> Ok  after washing the car I seem to have now a torn CV joint...   I
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> thought I heard something yesterday and looked and there it was... not
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> bad sounding yet... what are the feelings of a clean and repack vs
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> replacement... and how much of  DIY job is it... never one on one of
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> these...  BTDT on a 90 CQ  but not one of these...
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> Kyle
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> 01 A6Q
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> 90 CQ
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