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

[Peter Schulz]

the Rear is the same.
Purchase a replacement boot kit and it will come with the fully 
threaded axle bolt, the boot, boot clamps,  a replacement bushing for 
the axle, a new axle clip and off course the grease..

-Peter

At 10:34 AM 6/9/2009 -0700, Sean Douglas wrote:
>Not on the rear, if you don't remove the clip first, it will damage the CV
>joint, BTDT.
>
>The front one comes off by threading in a long bolt which pops the joint and
>destroys the clip.
>
>Sean
>
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>From: Theodore Chen [mailto:tedebearp at yahoo.com]
>Sent: June 9, 2009 10:09 AM
>To: Sean Douglas; jeff postupack; S-Cars
>Subject: Re: [s-cars] Rear CV joint gone 1000 mi to go.
>
>
>That seems strange.  Isn't the clip made of soft metal?  I've changed the
>front CV boots on my UrS4 several times, and each time, I just pulled the CV
>joint off, destroying the clip (which gets replaced by a new one anyway).
>Guess I'll make an effort to remove the clip first.
>
>
>
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>From: Sean Douglas <s_douglas at telus.net>
>To: jeff postupack <jeff.postupack at gmail.com>; S-Cars
><s-car-list at audifans.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2009 8:47:50 AM
>Subject: Re: [s-cars] Rear CV joint gone 1000 mi to go.
>
>Jeff:
>
>The clip is hidden, but its accessible if you remove the boot. Bentley is
>not clear on this and shows a little diagram pointing to the clip in
>question, but there is no instructions...
>
>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 jeff postupack
> > Sent: June 9, 2009 8:18 AM
> > To: S-Cars
> > Subject: [s-cars] Rear CV joint gone 1000 mi to go.
> >
> >
> > > 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)
> >
> > Question to Sean and P Cole.
> >
> > How in the heck does one release the clip first?  before
> > removing the CV joint.
> >
> > I think that clip is hidden inside and not accessible.  or am
> > I wrong about that!
> >
> > Jeff Posto
> > About to do CV boot R&R.
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-Peter Schulz
Chelmsford Ma, USA
http://www.naaclub.org/

1995.5 S6 Avant Emerald/Ecru
1995.5 S6 Avant Silver/Platinum
1991 90Q 20v Q Red
1991 90Q 20v Indigo
1991 CQ silver  (eS2 recipient)