Must be why I just keep good CV joint boots in service. They don't make 'em like they used to apparently. Though I have not had a new Lobro CV joint kit boot fail either. ----- Original Message ----- From: "mark drillock" <mdrillock@COX.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 2:48 PM Subject: Re: clamps for cv boots, ridged washers for cv bolts
>I have had a lot of early failures of replacement boots myself and would > love to find a source for boots that would last even 1/4th as long as > the originals did. I have had new boots rot off a parked van inside of a > year, parked next to a van with 20+ year old original boots still > intact. I have wondered if it the grease, the rubber, both, or what? > > I don't see much need for clamping the small ends either. I guess if you > drive a lot in deep water it might make a difference. > > Mark > > Jim Felder wrote: >> Let me rephrase that. Never have I seen evidence of either water or dirt >> in >> an INTACT CV joint. >> >> The constant splitting of this new rubber product everyone has gone to is >> what has me concerned. >> >> Jim >> |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.