[T3] CV

[Bryon Garvin]

Hi all -

Well, I was under the Fastback tonight to bleed the brakes after installing
a new MC Jim sent me.  I think I wrote here awhile back that I discovered I
had 2 failed brake light switches.  So I bought new ones and when I
installed them, they snapped off at the threads and had to be dealt with.  I
went to a machine shop to get the threads removed.  The cost wasn't bad,
$30.  I sent it to Jim to have him look it over and make sure metal shards
or whatever didn't enter the MC when the machine shop drilled out the old
switch.  The bad news is they used the wrong size bit or whatever and when
they drilled out my broken switch's threads and they created a bigger hole.
 The MC was toast.

(Side note:  The failed switches were Euromax and failed in less that one
year of use.  The replacement switch that broke off in my MC was "German"
according to the parts store I bought it from.  It cost 2-3x as much as the
Euromax switch, but apparently the amount of metal under the threads tapered
off as it neared the body of the switch.  Consequently, on the last 1/2 turn
of tightening, the switch broke off.  Jim put two of these same switches on
my new MC and was successful.  I probably used too much force at the end of
the tightening, but still....I reefed that hard on the old OE switches when
I put them back on a couple years ago:  no problem.  Just a warning)

So, anyway, that's the reason I was under the car today.  But in the process
of bleeding the brakes, I discovered what I am pretty sure is a tear in my
RR CV boot - the one closest to the wheel.  I have been under the car alot
this year and this is the first time I've seen it.  Grease has splattered
all over the rear axle.  So I've lost some lubrication for sure.

My question is, at this point, what do I do?  Do I need a new CV joint?  Can
I just replace the boot?  When do you know if you've lost too much
lubrication and must replace the part?

Thanks,

 - Bryon, '71 Fastback
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.vwtype3.org/private.cgi/type3-vwtype3.org/attachments/20110731/85bbec06/attachment.htm>