and as a reminder of how great they are, clean an old one up, re-assemble it and spray it with clear lacquer or other sealer and keep it on your desk or workbench as a paperweight and to store pens and pencils in the holes. Jerry in AZ (no, the heat hasn't gotten to me, yet) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jake de Villiers" <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 4:36 PM Subject: Re: CV boot or axle?
> I agree Brendan - CV joints are such amazing pieces of human thinking, as > are differentials and gearboxes. > > On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Brendan Slevin <totorovan@gmail.com>wrote: > > > Ha! No no no. Not in the Tim Taylor, big powerful tool way, in the this a > > cool piece of engineering and I can help it live a long, happy life and not > > end up as scrap somewhere. When I do need to replace one, though, you can > > bet the old one will be cleaned and sitting on my desk to fiddle with while > > trying to work out some other problem. :) |
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