"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, |
Eric_Shea |
Jan 12 2011, 06:29 PM
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PMB Performance Group: Admin Posts: 19,289 Joined: 3-September 03 From: Salt Lake City, UT Member No.: 1,110 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
QUOTE VW type CV's (even the new stock Lobro brand with the larger 914 size balls sold for VW bug applications from Scat) dont have the groove for the gasket. use of gasket in this type of cv will cause the gasket to squeeze out and lead to false torque down of the critical bolts. You don't know of what you speak. The CV balls are the same. All it would take is reading to understand that a gasket groove was machined into the CV. I agree though... Standard Type1 CV's (which have the same size balls) do not have the groove. Use RTV or gasket compound for those. |
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