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In a few weeks my local garage will be dropping the Gearbox out of my Van so I can get Aidan to do a rebuild for me. The van has done 112000 miles and as far as I can see the CV joints are original. Three of the joints appear ok (no leaks) and one is leaking slightly (inner). Should I have them replaced whilst the box is off or keep the originals(no apparent knocking/rumbling)...They're not cheap (£62 each at Brickwerks)...any advice would be greatly appreciated.


Cheers Mark

I was in the same position a couple of weeks back.
I left them be - if it ain't broke don't fix it.

Although if one is weeping/leaking I'd replace the boot and regrease.

If it was me and i could afford it.I would change them.

R0B wrote:If it was me and i could afford it.I would change them.

Hmm...its the afford it which is the problem £250 for four CV joints is painful,especially when you add all the other bits likely to need replacing too

Mark

Well mark.In that case you have practically answered your own question

If they are originals and not got any play in them would it be worth stripping them down, giving them a good clean, check for any tell tale signs of wear and then refit them with new grease, boots etc? There's lots on here about newer CV's not being up to the original VW standards and I think Aidan himself has posted recently about using second hand originals in preference to new pattern parts. It would also be a much cheaper option if they are good on inspection. You also want to get the leaking one sorted asap or it will quickly start to wear.

Just a thought...

Thanks for the advice so far Guys ..Just had a look under the van at the Gearbox mounting plate and as you can see the rubber bush is mullered and a previous owned has cable tied a bit of rubber pipe in it Any suggestions on how to fix this as I don't think they're available any more ..or am I wrong.??


Mark

I got a suitably sized engine mount cheap off Ebay for around a fiver, cut it off it's mount and welded it to the bracket - job done. Obviously you need to be careful with your welding but it can be done. Only trouble is I cannot remember what vehicle the engine mount was from.

You could do with under-sealing your van mark.

Have you seen these...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/POWERFLEX-GEA ... 058wt_1185

R0B wrote:You could do with under-sealing your van mark.

Cheek Rob ..I'll be coming around your house and whipping of your gearbox mount if you're not careful ...Ps can you buy the rubber bush for these?

Mark

[quote="nevill3"]Have you seen these...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/POWERFLEX-GEA ... 058wt_1185[/quote

Interesting ...how doe one go about fitting them?? anybody done this mod?

Have a word with aidan.You never know.He might have a previously loved one knocking about.

That link does say for petrol vans.Petrol are different to oil burners.

Here's another image of the bushes I linked to...from the poweflex website, they look relatively simple to fit.....altough not done one myself so what would I know!!

http://www.powerflexonline.com/v/vspfil ... 1015-2.jpg