[T2] Re 70 CV Joints

[Martin Mikush]

Hello
I little Update on CV-Joints job :

https://goo.gl/photos/3cDUXk4dqgr4HaJDA
The brand new CV-jjoints I purchased are on the photo on the left ,
the old OEM VW part on the right.
There is some recess on the inner part of the new CV-Joint , which
will slide to inner of the shaft and if there is no spacer to hold it
to the edge of the groves on the shaft the CV will slide inwards with
extra 3.5mm. I do not know why this manifacturer did this recess -
perhaps to allow for diferent adjustments of the lenght of the total
assembly - by adding the spacers or assembling withouth them .

I found also original VW file with explanation of the total lenght of
the assembly :
https://goo.gl/photos/uNDekzUvzEAqVNzJ8
and now have to figure what lenght I need for a t2 buss from 1970 ...

To double check I am looking at the wear of the old CV joints where it
is relative to the edges of the cv joints bearing bedding .

Regards

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On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 6:29 PM, Jim Denton <2thingswild at gmail.com> wrote:
> If the joints are assembled then just look at the cage to see which way they
> are supposed to go.  One side of the cage will be beveled and the other will
> not.  The bevel goes towards the axle.  This of course assumes that the
> joint was assembled correctly at the factory which is not always the case.
>
> On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 7:43 AM, Martin Mikush <martinmikush at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> I took both half shafts off. the CV joints were almost dry with just
>> some dirty grease inside...
>>
>> https://photos.google.com/u/0/album/AF1QipPZ693TTDPjVnAYFpKpvnMd9cnB-XYyXi7UoSGO/photo/AF1QipO7ajleEkkyPLLAT-xSYmESogCv9V9z3GuntwPH
>>
>> Bought two CV Joints from Danish auto parts store (I live in this part
>> of the world where shipping from US could cost a lot ...
>> My plan is to take off just the outer CV joints ( supposedly they are
>> took more wear .  And to replace the boots after good cleaning without
>> disassembly of the inner CV-Joints. By doing this I will spare some
>> efforts on hammering on the axle to take the CV joints completely .
>> few questions :
>> Is there anybody here with experience using JP group products?
>>  - their CV joints are produced as "ROULEX". But the CV Joints have
>> some visible groves from the miling process - hope this is not crucial
>> and the steel is good. http://www.johspedersen.dk/uk/home
>> this is the new danish cv joint - spposedly the photo is from the side
>> opposite the grove - and the inner part has a recess , which makes me
>> think this is the side for the shaft to "come out" so ... groves
>> inwards ?
>> https://goo.gl/photos/FtQw7d3zfKwF72Tq9
>>
>>
>> Need help with advice on hammering out the old CV Joints - Should I
>> heat the inner part of the CV Joint to release it easily ? it goes so
>> slow with oiling with penetration oil and hammering the shaft ... or I
>> am tooo gentle to it ? :)
>>
>> Thank you all !
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