Greetings
Wow, this is embarrassing... In January I wrote in asking for advice re my brakes and promised I'd post a followup on the outcome of my prob. Leaker that I am, I never did, partly because the issue went on for so long--2-3 months--that I just lost touch. What happened was that after replacing my master cylinder, I couldn't get my brakes bled. Well, I could bleed them, but after a period of days to weeks I again had air in the rear lines. I won't go into the gory details, but in the end it appears the problem was a leak (a VACUUM leak??) at the clutch line spigot. After I trimmed the hose end and put on a good hose clamp the situation resolved. Oh, I also loosened the cap on the master cyl just slightly. Got good brakes now.
Now I'm doing the front cv joints. I'm sure I just need the outers, but whole axle assemblies are $75 whereas individual front outers are $135! Likely the difference between new and reman. Since I've redone the front suspension twice in the last 5 years, everything comes apart easy and I know the tricks. I even got the bolts out of the inners with no drama--no stripped heads or anything.
My problem now is I can't get the inners dislodged from their "cups" at the tranny. Gotta be just rusted, right? Tonight I sprayed PBblaster around the cups, and tomorrow if necessary (it will be I bet) I can apply some heat with a propane torch.
Would anybody have any pertinent secrets to reveal? If I absolutely can't get them apart I might have the option of disassembling the new axles and just using the outer cv's. I hesitate to do that tho--With my luck there'd be a snap ring issue or some such.
TIA
miguelito