I was hoping to reverse the CVs, (left side to right side) add new ball bearings & run it for another couple of years, however, these looked a bit too bad even for emergency spares! 

Hunter2 gave me a set (thanks Sir!) now they are reassembled , greased & new gaiters.

Will don them when I get back from Post Falls, Idaho this week-end.

Martin.

My mind's made up - don't bother me with facts!

People are like slinkeys; they dont really serve a purpose but you cant help laughing when one falls down the stairs.

My Mini's are un-officially sponsored by Coor's brewing company.

"Hang on a minute lads....I've got a great idea."

And yet another!

And there was splinters of steel among the gaiter's on one side.

One spider is very rusted - seemingly it had probably been run without a gaiter on, being lubricated by Idaho rain & desert sand (before the earlier owner did the cosmetic repair/grease job).

Note the 'blue' around the wound indicative of high contact pressures & temperatures.

M.

My mind's made up - don't bother me with facts!

My mind's made up - don't bother me with facts!

Just changed these for a friend - he said there was a clicking noise on full lock.

I wonder why.

The worst I have ever seen. Sad thing is he said the Mini had only done 12K miles when he bought it & he put on about 100 miles before noticing the noise.

The previous owner had ground flats on the drive shaft presumably thinking there was a way of unscrewing the joint.

Instead of finding out how to repair the joint he had resorted to packing the CV (& most of the gaiter) with grease - I don't know if it was CV joint grease or regular moly grease.

(Anyone want them for a black museum?)

Martin.

My mind's made up - don't bother me with facts!