Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 12:52:08 -0600
Reply-To: Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@CFU.NET>
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From: Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@CFU.NET>
Subject: Re: Source for reliable axle assemblies
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On 1/13/2015 6:31 AM, Jim Felder wrote:
> True. They are more like the old-school parts places. The people they hire
> tend to actually know what they are talking about, and the selection is
> great. I really got a lot of help from the NAPA out here in Madison when I
> needed to find the right parts to recreate a diesel vanagon dipstick tube.
>
> Jim
> On Jan 13, 2015 6:25 AM, "Tom Hargrave" <thargrav@hiwaay.net> wrote:
>
>> Yes, but in my opinion NAPA is one of the better chains.
>>
>> Thanks, Tom Hargrave
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
>> Dennis Jowell
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 5:14 AM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Re: Source for reliable axle assemblies
>>
>> Quick question is FLAPS like a NAPA store out here in New England?
>>
>> Dennis Jowell
>> Scotch Hollow Farm
>> Newbury, Vermont
>>
>>
>>> On Jan 12, 2015, at 8:23 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>>
>>> I don't know what your situation is exactly, but if this applies to
>>> it, you can go to a FLAPS and buy a needle injector that will snap
>>> onto your grease gun. This will penetrate the rubber boot and apply
>> grease
>> to the CV joint.
>>> Not perfect, massaging the boot will help. If simple lubrication is
>>> your problem, this technique, if done right with say 15 strokes of the
>>> gun, could help. If you have some other problem, it's won't help.
>>> Sounds like you are getting to your early, though.
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 4:03 PM, John Seehorn <jseehorn@hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>> Thanks for all of the suggestions. I did check for loose bolts and
>>>> found a couple loose on the RH side outer. I'm positive they were
>>>> tight at installation and tightening them did not make the noise go
>>>> away. So I suspect that the RH axle is the one causing the noise.
>>>> I'm going to try swapping the axles first.
>>>>
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I have a better chance of getting Japanese made Subaru parts from NAPA
than other places, altough their tools now are all made in Taiwan. I
have had good luck with their Mexican rebuilt half shafts for your
Subies as well, but for the Vanagon, I'll be either getting he CV joints
using Bus Depot or AutohausAZ.
Buy the best and only cry once.........
DM&FS
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