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Date:         Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:16:31 -0700
Reply-To:     Ben T <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Ben T <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Cv boots cracking
Comments: To: Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <01d301ce2730$31b8a120$9529e360$@gmail.com>
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That's why VW didn't use rubber in some applications. The boots on my Syncro 16" are nylon looking material. I don't think it's white rubber.:-)

BenT

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On Mar 22, 2013, at 12:05 PM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> It's an elasticity issue. Those folds "fold" every revolution, isn't that

> something like 800,000 times every 1000 miles? It takes a top quality > rubber to hold up to this constant flexing.


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