So will this also fix the premature cv boot problem? I swear I just put boots on my 77 Westy with Beck-Arnley on the box from Rockauto.com and they are already NFG ?? They sure looked good though, nice cadmium plated metal etc. and 12pt bolts, but no markings anywhere I could find as to origin etc. Courtney ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Hanson" <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 9:59 PM Subject: Re: latest info needed on cv joints
> I had a long talk with Peter (?) at Van Cafe about the CV joints for my > 84. He still had some of those axle kits, but he said he wouldn't like to > sell me one, he would prefer to sell me the good ones. It seems they've > had > a big percentage of failures and problems with those Eastern kits...so > much > so that they will no longer sell them... > > That was good enough info to decide me on getting the Lobros, despite > their higher cost and more labor...CV and axle replacement is a pretty > nasty > task....when you work off jack stands on an unheated concrete slab, or > worse > yet, out on the roadside somewhere, should one fail while traveling. > > I know nothing of Go Westie's kits. > > Don Hanson > > On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Mike Riley <mkriley@fuse.net> wrote: > >> received this from van cafe and can anybody confirm yes or no? >> >> " >> "We now carry only Lobro cv boot and boot kits which has resolved >> "premature cracking. If anymore questions arise let us know. >> >> "Thank You, >> >> "Chris >> >> "http://www.van-cafe.com (Vanagon Online Parts Store) >> "831-426-1244 (Phone) >> >> what do you recommend for cv joints, rebuilt axles from go westy? >> don't want chinese made. >> >> what is the currant scoop on the cv situation all the archive stuff is >> out >> of date >> mike >> |
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