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Date:         Wed, 31 Aug 2011 07:44:48 -0700
Reply-To:     Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
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From:         Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
Subject:      Re: clamps for cv boots, ridged washers for cv bolts
Comments: To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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I've replaced the boots twice on my '85 since new. Only one was torn, but replaced them along with the CV. They've all been Lobro and have all gone well over 100K miles. They've been made of thickish dull rubber, as opposesed to the aftermarket covers that are thinner and shiny.

Karl Wolz

|-----Original Message----- |From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] |On Behalf Of Jim Felder |Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 6:39 AM |To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM |Subject: Re: clamps for cv boots, ridged washers for cv bolts | |My german ones are the worst. I can't imagine what those from |a big trading partner would be like. | |I probably had replaced one OEM on my 90 (bought new, so I |know the history) with an aftermarket german boot, and had |that on there a cuple of years before I sold it. No problems. |But my 83 is so old that the OEM boots have all been replaced, |several times now, with Lobro of lo-quality. | |My daughter's 91 looks to have the thicker, softer OEMs with |no problems. | |Jim | |On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 7:54 AM, Mike Riley <mkriley@fuse.net> wrote: | |> leather is a no go. petroleum products rot it. |> the answer is obvious get OEM ones, not ones from our great trading |> partner from across the sea. |> I am still running all 4 originals I never have had a |original split |> without gross failure of the cv joint. |> I wonder if failures are connected to the use of over-sized |tires that |> the VW engineers were too stupid to put on? don't reinvent |the wheel |> here.<G> mike |> |----- |No virus found in this message. |Checked by AVG - www.avg.com |Version: 10.0.1392 / Virus Database: 1520/3868 - Release Date: |08/30/11


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