Re: Report: another CV Boot done

[Jerry Croucher <croucher@mail.eos.net>]

Wallace,

Are those marks in the races or the area immediately adjacent?  The joints I have
serviced had a polished look in the races with some burnishing where the balls move.
The heat treatment marks I have seen have only been on the large outer part of the
joint, never have seen any heat treatment marks on the inner "star".

Jerry

Wallace White wrote:

> Jerry -
>
> So that's a manufacturing artifact? Interesting. I wouldn't have thought
> so, because the discoloration is shaped in a way that spreads from the
> location of each ball. It's very regular.
>
> - Wallace
>
> Jerry Croucher wrote:
> >
> > Wallace,
> >
> > I just did that job on both front axels on my 86 4kcsq.  Don't worry about the heat
> >
> > marks.   The races are flame treated to harden them.
> >
> > Jerry
> >
> > Wallace White wrote:
> > > - How did your CV joint look, anyone? While I couldn't detect much of
> > > any play in the outer and the races showed no pitting, I was disturbed
> > > by the heat discoloration on the outer race. The boot just cracked
> > > recently and there was still very much grease in it, but it looks like
> > > it sure had gotten hot at some point. Hope it's okay.