I've never, in about 700K miles (several vans), had a boot fail. All have been OEM. Karl Wolz Sent from my electronic umbilicus On Apr 22, 2013, at 6:31 PM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > Find used OEM boots, or buy from the VW dealer, they never seem to wear out. > Mine are fine after 27 years and 140k, and the ones on my previous '84 were > fine after 250k when I sold it in 2006. Aftermarket stuff is junk. > > Stuart > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > Jim Felder > Sent: Monday, April 22, 2013 3:43 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: 9-month life on new CV boots > > All this talk about CV joint cleaning and booting made me take a look at my > boots today, 9 months after putting four new ones on the car. > > One has a gaping hole. > > This is ridiculous that unacceptable that in 2013 someone can't even make a > CV joint boot that will hold up for a year. > > Well, maybe somebody can, but who is it? Tell me and I will start buying > from them. > > Thanks, > > Jim |
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