Are the rear CV's and axles same on Syncros as 2WD's? And where are you getting those 4 axle kits at that price? Clive '88 Syncro ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim Brennan" <KimBrennan@AOL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 8:42 PM Subject: Re: CV & Axle for a Syncro
> In a message dated 8/19/02 3:37:48 PM, mtblackburn@QWEST.NET writes: > > >My question is with this high a mileage, no service ever been done, noise, > >general hassle... > > The interesting thing about CV's is that mileage is no guarantee of wear. > Basicly, they are good or they are bad. Bad is usually caused by lack of > grease caused a torn boot. On my other VW's we used to take junk yard CV > joints because they were guaranteed for almost as long as new ones at a > fraction of the cost. > > The CV's on my Westy have 225K miles. The boots tore, but the joints are > still good as they were serviced before all sorts of abrasive crud got into > the joint. |
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