[Vwdiesel] cv joints ?

[mark shepherd]

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From: "mark shepherd" <mark at shepher.fsnet.co.uk>
To: "mark shepherd" <mark at shepher.fsnet.co.uk>
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 7:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] cv joints ?


> If it is a CV joint it is usually on one side only. Therefore you can go 
> round left or right bends and take the weight off the joint and change the 
> thump sound. Get in a carpark and hardlock left and hard lock right. That 
> will reveal a duff cv...
> Mark
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "mark shepherd" <mark at shepher.fsnet.co.uk>
> To: "vw fans" <Vwdiesel at vwfans.com>; "Photo Bug" <photobug1 at hotmail.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 6:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] cv joints ?
>
>
>> How long before the sound goes away after being stood?
>> Check tyres when warm for deformed lumps on their circumference. Heck 
>> even a
>> piece of mud could be a culprit; but I think its a bulge on the tyre. I 
>> get
>> this problem every 5 years or so and its long enough for me to forget. so 
>> I
>> go off on a thump thump search. Must write it in my Haynes. A fairly
>> mediocre  item but worth a bit for the scrawls of a madman throughout 
>> where
>> I [oops gave it away] disagree or add to the text...
>> Mark (On the banks of the 2nd highest tidal swing in the world)
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Photo Bug" <photobug1 at hotmail.com>
>> To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 3:54 PM
>> Subject: [Vwdiesel] cv joints ?
>>
>>
>>>
>>> My '81 diesel Caddy has an unusual sound.  It doesn't do it all the time
>>> but I want to know what it is if anyone has input on it.  When I first
>>> start out all is fine but after about 12-14 miles of stop-n-go city
>>> driving, there is a thump thump thump sound up front that increases with
>>> speed.  It has 125,000 actual miles and I've kep it in tip top 
>>> condition.
>>> Counld this be a CV joint going bad?  I also note that at slow first 
>>> gear
>>> speeds on the expressway during rush hour riding in it feels as if the
>>> pavement has waves in it when it is actually quite flat.  I'm thinking
>>> about replacing both axle shaft shafts complete and with lifetime
>>> warranty - only $65 each side.  Thanks so much for your help!
>>>
>>> Tom Norris
>>> '81 Rabbit LS diesel
>>> '81 Caddy diesel
>>> '83 Caddy LS diesel
>>> '03 Jetta wagon diesel
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