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Date:         Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:46:57 -0700
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: clamps for cv boots, ridged washers for cv bolts
Comments: To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <01fb01cc6772$2f0bfff0$6401a8c0@PROSPERITY>
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Actually, where Mark lives, the air isn't very polluted. Less than a mile from the ocean, and 98% of the time the wind is onshore.

Probably some mysterious flesh- and rubber-eating stuff they put on the roads down in Baja.

-- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott Bend, Ore. 1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people. 1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer ca. 1972 from a defunct company in San Clemente, Calif., now repurposed as The Westrailia.

Sent from my kitchen.

On 08/30/2011 05:08 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: > hey .. > maybe it's the ozone or other pollution in southern California eating the > boots. > worth considering. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Felder" <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 3:13 PM > Subject: Re: clamps for cv boots, ridged washers for cv bolts > > >> I am having my local shop save me some of the metal parts of discarded >> boots. I am going to try to sew up some leather (or even waterproof >> nylon) >> boots to replace the rubber. >> >> >> >> Jim >> >> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 4:48 PM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote: >> >>> 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 >>>> >>>>


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