My '85 had them, and a Lobro kit I bought had them, but I've never used them. Zip ties will work, but not needed. Karl Wolz Sent from my electronic umbilicus > On May 5, 2014, at 5:39 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > I sat down > >> at my computer and read about "clocking." Never heard of such a thing, and >> it was a few hours too late. Maybe next time. >> >> Hoodoo and mysticism, I think. Consider the thousands of vanagons there > have been that went hundreds of thousands of miles on the original CV > joints with no more fuss (as if it wasn't enough already) of cleaning, > lubing and making sure the boots were in good shape. > > As for the clamp for the boot, the factory didn't use them after a certain > time. New boot kits do not come with such a clamp that I know of. That > should tell you all you need right there. > > Jim > >> >> The discussions I read about the job before I started mention a clamp on >> the boot. There was no clamp on the boot of my 1985 1.9L, and I don't >> remember ever having clamps there. Were they only on later models? If >> >> |
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