"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, |
rjames |
Nov 13 2023, 07:08 PM
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I'm made of metal Group: Members Posts: 4,111 Joined: 24-July 05 From: Shoreline, WA Member No.: 4,467 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
If you don't want to remove them (and you probably no need to), get some bolts drilled for safety wire, replace the existing bolts one at a time. Leave them loose enough where you can clean the gunk out. Tighten them to spec and safety wire them correctly. Then use RTV around the perimeter in the groove. Wrap with high-temp aluminum foil duct tape to ensure a seal. You could use regular duct tape, but the aluminum foil stuff will look a lot better since it is close to the same 'color' as the cv joint and will blend in looks-wise. The aluminum foil tape doesn't get all gooey either like regular duct tape does.
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