Date:         Mon, 5 May 2014 08:37:38 -0700
Reply-To:     Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
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From:         Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
Subject:      Re: CV Joints
Comments: To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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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
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> 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
>> 
>>