"Squished-out" CV joint gasket, what is happening to my new CV joints? |
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"Squished-out" CV joint gasket, what is happening to my new CV joints? |
astronomerdave |
Jan 11 2011, 03:16 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 69 Joined: 26-January 09 From: Los Angeles, CA Member No.: 9,979 Region Association: Southern California |
After installing brand-new CV joints I happened to notice that they looked like this after about a week of driving.
They're rusty (the original 40-year-old CVs never rusted) but more importantly is the gasket is broken and coming out. New gaskets, torqued to specs. I've had the trans out of this car on about 3-4 different occasions, so I've removed/installed CVs at least that many times on this car without ever seeing this. Any idea what is happening and how I might fix and prevent it from happening again? Thanks, |
astronomerdave |
Jan 11 2011, 09:51 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 69 Joined: 26-January 09 From: Los Angeles, CA Member No.: 9,979 Region Association: Southern California |
Thanks for the replies. Here are responses to the questions posed:
@SirAndy: No, I don't have pictures of the gaskets before installation, but they looked right. The four gaskets used (I did all 4 CVs) came with the joints. I had one gasket left over from a batch that I purchased from AA. I held up the 4 new gaskets supplied with the CVs against the one from AA and it seemed identical. So I think it's safe to say they are stock, but see note below -- gaskets were modified. I should add that the reason why I had this left-over gasket from AA is because usually when I reinstalled a CV joint the gasket came off looking like new and I always reused them. Never had this problem before. @Bartlett: Not stock CVs. They're modified Type I. @Rotary: There is a grove (I'm pretty sure there was, at least -- I will photograph this after I get them off). NOTE: Now, the gaskets didn't quite fit in the grove. The place I bought them said I had to trim the gaskets. I trimmed a bit from the I.D. with an x-acto knife to make them fit, but maybe I didn't trim enough. Has anyone used these modified Type I CVs with a gasket? Thanks, |
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