OK folks, snicker and giggle all you want, but Vaseline is what I've used with nary a problem. If yer really kinky (and it is Friday of course), you could prolly use KY <grin>. A little white grease would prolly be OK as well. In otherwords, use some slight lubrication on the shaft and the boot hole along with a very dull butter knife for leverage. .........OK, I think I've done enuff damage here......... -- Jim Thompson 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt" 73 K Ghia Coupe "Denise" 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug" oldvolkshome@gmail.com http://www.oldvolkshome.com ********************************** On 3/10/06, Wesley Pegden <wes@cs.uchicago.edu> wrote: > > Okay, one more thing: > How do people get the new boots on the axle shafts? It's harder than I > thought. I'm sure I can get them on, but I'm a little worried about > damaging the boots in the process.... > -Wes |
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