At 08:25 AM 7/29/2002, Greenamyer, William L wrote: >Got a question for those who keep track of repairs. What have you found to >be the rated life of your CV boots? Seems that the ones that have been >installed on my Vanagon last about 3 months (up to 9000 miles in some cases) >and split. This has occurred several times now. The parts my mechanic are I've had Llobro boots be in decent shape after 80,000 miles and ??aftermarket?? boots look terrible at10,000. One thing -- if they're installed with a twist in them or the rubber is otherwise in a stressed condition, it will fail extremely rapidly compared to normal. A lot of mechanics don't seem to realize this with regard to fuel-pump mounts -- the hex plates must be lined up at same angle and so forth. I've had Fiat fuel filler hoses and Saab muffler mounts fail in short order because of this... david
-- David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL "Poor Relation" |
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