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On 22 Jan 2004 at 17:57, Corivus De Lan wrote: > Okay so if you guys remember a while back the drive shaft on our 71 square. > broke actually the bolts around it came loose and snapped off. So I got > those off but in the process of taking the final bolt out, the bearings from > the constant velocity joint (if I have that correctly the part that the cv > boot is secured to just behind the brakes) fell out, I was reading they > should snap in, however they didn't It IS possible to assemble a CV joint improperly, and if you do this they will bind up. If you have it wrong you must take it apart again and put it back together right. You need to take a really good look at the photo in the Bentley manual showing how they go together. Note that there are 6 notches both the inner and outer races. Between adjacent notches there is either a wide or a narrow space; these alternate. Viewed from either side, wide spaces in the outer race should face narrow spaces in the inner race. Each race also has an inner and an outer face. The center hole is chamfered on the side that faces the center of the axle shaft. The outer race has a relief around the outer corner which faces away from the center of the axle shaft. If the parts fell out, they probably fell on the ground, so you should clean everything up before reassembling. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org