Re: Vehicle shaking on acceleration. CV joints???

[Avi <Avi@cosmoslink.net>]

Kevin, 
picky picky picky...... OK, I am sorry about the "rebuild", not very sorry,
but a "tad "at least.....
as for your "other" comment:
if you have "sloppy" bearings (in your CV joint), when you accelerate, you
TAKE THE SLACK OFF (the sloppiness), most of the time you will feel the
problem in OTHER ways, make sense?.........
Avi
in most cases, you can get away with just greasing the joints as opposed to
"rebuilding" them...




At 11:24 AM 12/26/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Avi wrote:
>> 
>> Why not rebuild you CV joints?........all you need is new rubber boots a
>> little patience and some grease (synthetic or not I don't care!)....
>
>Replacing the CV joint boots & grease is not rebuilding them.  
>Rebuilding them includes replacing the ball bearings with larger ones, 
>and enlarging the races accordingly.  (as well as inspecting the cage 
>and races for defects)
>
>> BTW, CV joints should not cause the symptom you are describing (in an
>> extreme case maybe?..) may be you have a bent shaft,or a motor mount
>> problem or a drive shaft problem...
>> Avi
>> 
>
>Symptom of bad inner CV joints (quattro : propellor shaft CV joints as 
>well) - shaking on acceleration.  
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>Kevin Ford
>Chase, B.C., Canada
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