It seems like there are two main schools of thought on this among owners who keep their vans for many years/miles: School 1: The owner demands only the highest quality parts available and often has a severe case of paranoid maintenance syndrome. This owner buys OEM new CV's and fastidiously cleans them and repacks them. School 2: The owner uses OEM new parts for some things, and re-built or used parts elsewhere. Economy and safety rate higher than authenticity. This owner buys re-built driveshafts once at the local FLAPS and takes full advantage of the limited lifetime warranty by doing no maintenance and replacing when they wear/fail. just one man's opinion Scott Augusta, GA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Kennedy" <JK@PROJECTDESIGN.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 2:00 PM Subject: Re: CV Joint failure - New or Rebuilt?
> I recently tried remanufactured CVs in my '87 and it was a nightmare. I'll > spare the details (quality issues). As we know, swapping CV's is not too > much fun. Buy new. This is money well spent. > |
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