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Date:         Sat, 13 Aug 2016 16:47:54 -0400
Reply-To:     Eric Caron <ecaron1@COMCAST.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Eric Caron <ecaron1@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: CV boot problem repair problem continued
In-Reply-To:  <E5263CC666CD415D97FBE960B3E741F1@ZoltanHP>
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Very little grease up in there at this point.  seemed like very little had been put in there.


So, Assuming I can get the boot, anyone want to talk me through this repair?
Eric Caron 


85 Auto Westfalia 






> On Aug 13, 2016, at 4:34 PM, thewestyman <zolo@foxinternet.net> wrote:
> 
> That boot can break if you put too much grease into it.  The grease belongs only to the steel parts, the balls and the housing.
> Zoltan
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Eric Caron
> Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2016 1:11 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: CV boot problem repair problem continued
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
>       One of the things I had done at John’s Car Corner was replacement of the CV Boot today I was cleaning my engine and found that exact boot ripped to shredds and hanging on by a thread.  What could they possibly do that caused that failure in just a few hundred miles?
> 
> I was to leave on Wednesday for a trip and now this.  Is this boot replacement something I can do with the guidance of this list?
> 
> Eric Caron
> 85 GL Auto Westfalia
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