Date:         Wed, 10 Dec 2003 07:27:15 -0500
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From:         Eric Zeno <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
Subject:      Re: Bus CV boot life- the fix-
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THe rear CV all seam to come with band clamps for the
inner axis side of the boots these days.  When they were made,
they did not have these.  One day after installing new boots I
looked under to inspect my work and found one of the boots
blown up like a balloon. This was caused by the air inside heating
up and expanding, having no way to excape. One wrong bump,
when the boot is in this condition and it blows out.  All new CV
joint boots I install I throw away this clamp.  This give the boot
a place exhaust heated air,  if this should happen again.
                                                   Eric

David and Shirin wrote:

>I just installed 4 new boots on my Vanagon and crimped the boots on on top of the Ridges,  Where are they soposed to be crimped, inside the ridges on the smooth part of the axle, outside the ridges, or on them.  The ones I took off were on the ridges.
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>David
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>Phil,
>In my case, short CV boot life was due to improper installation. I was not
>stretching them out to the ridges on the axle.
>Ken Lewis
>86 Transporter Crew Cab
>60 356 T-5 Porsche
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "phil cain" <bearsvw2000@YAHOO.COM>
>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 1:11 PM
>Subject: Bus CV Boots Busted again
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>>Does anyone know where I can get some boots that will
>>last longer than 400 miles, my poor vanagon(80 Westy)
>>has had now three sets of boots put on it to no avail,
>>they keep busting. One good thing , I am getting real
>>good at changing and packing the boots. The last set
>>came from The Parts Bin., the first ones were from
>>locals they didn't even make it to the highway. Phil
>>
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