[Vwdiesel] Re: Oil in CV Boot

[kevin.jack at primus.ca]

Well, last night I put it all back together. Everything seems to be working 
fine but... 


it seems I may have changed this seal by accident, because the initial 
"highway hum" that caused me to change the CV joint in the first place is 
still there. It need to be changed anyway though... 

The hum gets louder with speed and does not change with gears, so I figure 
it must be one of the following things: 

 -CV joint (hardly....its brand new)
 -wheel bearing (seems fine....nice and solid)
 -wind noise (my front bumper curves inward (accident) and leaves the outer 
half of the tire exposed to wind. The sound could be the wind blowing over 
the holes in the wheels???)
 -Tire noise (brand new 4 season tires....and I have no plastic inner fender 
on this side????)
 -differential (shouldnt be....now its full of fluid unless its damaged?) 


What do you think??? Which one seems most likely? 


NAte...I also noticed the clip deforming. Strange..... 

Still took me an hour to get on.... 

Thanks again. 

Nate Wall writes: 

> When I replaced my drive axle seal and drive flange I
> found it impossible to keep from permanently
> distorting/bending the spring clip that retains the
> drive flange. With the flange spring compressed, I
> would expand the "C" clip just enough to slide over
> the axle shaft, but it would permanently bend it to a
> larger size. I used the special "C" clip pliers too. I
> bent it back several times and I think it got a little
> weaker w/ each bend. When I decided not to try
> anymore, the "C" clip was installed, but it looked as
> if it was not fully recessed in its recess on the
> final drive shaft. I figured if it was going to let
> loose, it would do it soon after I got my Jetta back
> on the road. That was about 5 years ago, so I guess
> its OK. I'm still baffled as to how to get the clip on
> w/out bendiing it. The one that was originally on
> there was recessed fully and not bent. 
> 
> --Nate
> --- Shalyn Shourds <sshourds at flash.net> wrote:
>> 
>> > After chatting with Sandy Cameron, Im kinda
>> worried that I have a 
>> > problem causing this seal to be destroyed.
>> Specifically, incorrect 
>> > front end geometry. The car was in an accident on
>> the drivers front 
>> > corner. It has been aligned since, but maybe the
>> geometry has changed 
>> > slightly. 
>> 
>> 
>> Once upon a time, I blew one of those seals also. 
>> What happened on mine 
>> was that the circlip that holds the inner CV joint
>> on the axle popped 
>> off and the axle was able to slide in and out of the
>> joint enough to 
>> batter the seal.  That circlip isn't spring
>> steel--just regular old 
>> steel.  If you're replacing a boot on a piece of
>> %^*# rebuilt joint in 
>> the Texas summer sun, sometimes you forget to pay
>> attention to some of 
>> those details....  I think I'm going to have to end
>> up buying new 
>> joints.  Haven't got a good rebuilt CV joint in a
>> long time.  
>> 
>> -Shalyn 
>> 
>> 
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