Re: CV joints: to replace or not replace

["Fred Munro" <munrof@isys.ca>]

AFAIK, the bluing on the ball race is from the heat treatment to harden the
steel.

HTH

Fred Munro
'94 S4  91k km

----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas M. McCarty" <mccarty@med.unc.edu>
To: <quattro@audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, November 05, 1999 6:13 PM
Subject: CV joints: to replace or not replace


> I'm in the middle of replacing the clutch on my 88 5000cstq and decided
> to replace the rubber on my cv joints while they were so accessable (one
> outer boot was broken all the way around). After dissassembling the
> outer CVs and cleaning up I found that they both have grooves running
> accross the ball slots and blue spots on the outsides as though the
> balls had been really hot.
> I know it sounds like a no brainer, but should I replace these joints
> even though there was never any noise from them and no slack in the
> drive train? The Bently says not to worry about a polished ball track,
> but how about a shallow groove that you can feel?
>
> I had already ordered the new boot kits and now i find that new CVs come
> with the complete kit.  Does anyone know how Carlsen's is on returns?
>
> Your opinions will be greatly appreciated
>
> Doug,  1988 5ktq
>
>