Date:         Mon, 5 May 2014 07:39:00 -0500
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: CV Joints
Comments: To: Steven Shelton <shelton4@gmail.com>
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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
>
>