[urq] NAC : CV joint rebuilt...

[Keith Lloyd]

L-A
I have no knowledge or experience of Saabs but my guess is that allthe CV joints on the car will be similarly marked (one would hope so) So could you perhaps open up another one but this time note the arrangement and photo it? Just a thought if you get properly stuck.
Regards
Keith
'87 WR

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> On 22 May 2015, at 22:49, laraa at sympatico.ca wrote:
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> Hi everyone,
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> 
> Ex-urq owner still needing your fountain of knowledge about a 6-ball cv
> joint on a Saab propeller shaft. 
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> In short, I had to remove the propshaft from the car to get access for
> another job. The "while in there" jobs included repacking the rear CV joint
> with fresh grease. Just to be sure everything was clean, I removed the joint
> from the shaft, without taking pictures beforehand. Silly me.
> 
> 
> 
> After inspection, when the parts were clean, I found 3 little white paint
> dots on each part (inner race, cage, outer race). I thought these were
> necessary to align everything when rebuilding. That's what I did. I also
> realigned the completed CV joint with the splined shaft, because I took care
> of marking the CV boot and the outer race before dismantling. 
> 
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> 
> And now, the driveshaft vibrates at 15 mph and again at 50 mph. I must have
> done something wrong.
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> 
> Does anyone here have a few tips about rebuilding these ? 
> 
> Where do the paint marks goes ? Inside (cv boot) or outside (end cap) ?
> 
> Do they go all on the same side of the assembled joint ? (I think.)
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> 
> 
> I am puzzled because I found the PDF catalogue for that NTN LJ 75 joint here
> (that's Lincoln Jaguar 75) at page 19:
> http://www.diago.sk/diagowebsite/files/cvj-forautomobile_en.pdf  
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> 
> 
> On the drawing, I can see the cage has a bevel which goes inside.
> 
> The inner cage has a lip which goes outside toward the circlip.
> 
> The outer cage has a machined surface that goes outside as a recess to
> accept the end cap. (as on the photo lower on the page)
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> 
> If I do all that, then the 3 paint dots are not on the same side of the
> joint, hence my confusion.
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> 
> It's not an Audi, it's a Saab, but at least the 6 bolts that hold that rear
> CV joint to the diff are from Audi, since Saab is MIA here in Montreal. I
> did my usual auto-archeologist stuff to bypass a problem with parts supply.
> I remembered that the urQ had similar bolts, so a quick stop at an Audi
> dealer provided me the almost correct (3 mm longer) bolts for the Saab. 
> 
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> So, anyone has a clue ?
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> Thanks in advance !
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> 
> Louis-Alain
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