[s-cars] Rear CV joint gone 1000 mi to go.

[Sean Douglas]

Tim:

I went through this about 2 years ago and broke the rear outer CV. At the
time, the rear outer CV was dealer only and $$$. I found a used set of axles
and went with that.

Sean Douglas

1997 Audi S6
1990 Audi 90q20v
1991 VW Passat Wagon Syncro
1991 Alpina B10 BiTurbo  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com 
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of tr0910
> Sent: June 8, 2009 10:09 PM
> To: P Cole
> Cc: s-car-list List
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Rear CV joint gone 1000 mi to go.
> 
> 
> Well, we made it 1000 miles and now I have a boot, but just 
> ended up breaking the CV joint when trying to remove it.  
> (forgot to release the clip first before cranking the axle 
> bolt into the joint to pop it off) Now I need an outer rear 
> outer CV joint or a new rear axle.  (Cleaning up the old 
> joint would have been questionable anyway....)
> 
> Can I buy from WorldPac?  They want me to set up an account, 
> and claim they won't sell to consumers.  To complicate things 
> further, the car is in Canada now....  (Land of the high 
> priced auto parts...)
> 
> German Auto Parts has front axles for only $99.  That is a 
> real steal....
> They don't show any rear axles or CV joints for the rear though.
> 
> Anybody have other suggestions
> 
> Root cause of the boot failure looks to have been caused by 
> failure of the clip attaching the HRSB.  When this broke, it 
> started flipping around and tore the boot.  Pictures coming later....
> 
> Tim
> 
> 
> On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 6:42 PM, P Cole <pcolegrps at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 6 May 2009 13:13:16 -0600, tr0910 wrote:
> >
> > >We are on a road trip, and just noticed a clunk aproaching 
> > >Minneapolis.  Found right rear outer cv joint wide open 
> and spewing 
> > >grease.  Problem is that Carousel Audi says 3 days for 
> parts and we 
> > >have 1000 mi to go.  Can we give it grease injections 
> every so often 
> > >and just carry on?  There is a slight noise but only noticable at 
> > >slow speeds or turning left.  Antilock off light just came on.
> > >
> > >What wisdom doth the mighty list gods suggest?
> >
> >
> > Call the independents- the local worldpac guys can get you 
> an axle for 
> > $150.
> > DO NOT drive on it-
> > My son tried this back in March ( driving to Detroit on a 
> CV that was 
> > only leaking "a little" ) and the CV failed in downtown 
> Chicago at the 
> > OHare exit.
> > I had to "rescue" him.
> >
> > HTH
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