Rapidrob
Veteran Member
I ordered the spring washers.
No where in the VW parts catalog for the B3/4 / Mk3 is this washer identified for a CV joint install.www.buslab.com has the correct N0153711.
Outside diameter is exacty the size of the head of the bolt.
40 cents each.
I thought #10 was considered to be the washer, just a special type of one.
It's sort of a washer, it spreads the force of the bolt over a portion of the surface of the boot flange, and as volksguy said, if you don't use it the flange can distort at the point where the bolt engages the flange.O and leave off the thick bolt spacers and watch how the bolt caves into the thin CV joint cover.
VW engineers made that spacer because it was Necessary!!
The inboard CV joint on the Vanagon did not utilize the washer you suggested in fact it doesn't use one at all only the spacer. Only the outboard joint uses the washer, and the rationale for that usage we don't know about, however, I've changed numerous CV axles over the years, pulled, repacked joints, rebooted and reinstalled, swapped sides etc, and I've never had a bolt work it's way loose, even used bolts. Then again, I probably torque those bolts higher than what VW prescribes in the Bentley manual.Absolutely Correct They were used on All
Year Model Vanagons !!!
Corporation Greed made cuts!!
Ford pintos fires could have been saved over a $11 part.
Never heard of Vanagon Axel's coming off.
And No you dont leave off the #10 spacer that transfers Even clamping ever!!!
What is this How to Fix and Help Othes
Or how to rig a VW
I had this happen to me where it was flopping around but didn't fall off. It was an aftermarket axle that came with the car. The bolts would screw in but get loose and back out. A VW axle fixed it. The process to get the axle on and off has caused me to give up. When the VW axle (a parts Dept new car warranty fabrication) sprang a leak I decided to go with GKN. It seems to be ok.Maybe the threads on your flange are just worn out.
You could be right, the graphic for the Vanagon doesn't show any for the inboard joints, yet in the count of what's needed it does say quantity 24, which would cover both sides, inner and outer.Well lets see i own 4 vanagons 1 1984 westfalla camper gas.
1 1982 westfalla camper diesel
2 1983 diesel 5 speed trasnsale passangers.
And What do you know They All have this 8mm safety lockwashers on BOTH
Sides of the CV joint Axel with the #10 spacer.
From the factory !!
In fact the link i gave www.buslab.com
Sells them at a kit of 12 for both sides.
Its ok to omit when your wrong we are all Human here
I'm not a fan of some of these cv axles they sell now, seems that they don't last very long and there's really no explanation as to why.I had this happen to me where it was flopping around but didn't fall off. It was an aftermarket axle that came with the car. The bolts would screw in but get loose and back out. A VW axle fixed it. The process to get the axle on and off has caused me to give up. When the VW axle (a parts Dept new car warranty fabrication) sprang a leak I decided to go with GKN. It seems to be ok.
I‘m wondering when you’re going to stop comparing the A3/B4 to an antique vanagon. In case you haven’t noticed, they’re not the same.Use the factory N0153711 from www.buslab.com.
They were used on every Vanagon
They are seraided keeping the bolt from coming loose from Harmonics.
Red locktite can be a real pain
Still waiting for you to do the same.Its ok to omit when your wrong we are all Human here
I got through swapping the axles last night - all the holes seemed nice and tight. I used new Febi triple square bolts for the installation, maybe those will stay in place better than the cheap Allen head bolts I used last time.Maybe the threads on your flange are just worn out. Loose bolts aren't a common problem for everyone. Also, the RH threads aren't at fault, since the 6 bolts are rotating a couple inches off of the flange axis, not rotating on the axis of their own threads.
Compare them to harmonic balancer bolts which are located even closer to the rotation axis, with only half the torque of axle bolts, and spinning much faster (at 60mph, wheels spin less than 700rpm). If rotational direction was a problem, those bolts would be backing out much more frequently than axle flanges.
Molybdenum grease should do very well. I put red Valvoline axle grease in mine this time around.When I do re-pack the coupling, I was going to use Molly-B grease. Should I use this grease or upgrade to something better?
N91108201. Just ordered a set from ID parts.Now I have to find the part number for the bolt. I'm going to replace all six, I'm not going to chance another snapping off.
So close,so far away......
Apparently so... I was going to buy some but decided not to for obvious reasons.Holy mother of cork, are those gaskets really $21 each from ID?