Date:         Mon, 17 Feb 1997 20:07:22 -0800
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         "Shawn & Janis Wright" <vwnut@smuslabs.smus.bc.ca>
Subject:      Re: If you've replaced your CV joints--please read

 
> This is true at least of all OEM Bus/Vanagon IRS CV's and all FWD VW
> CV's I have seen.  Showed this fact to Steve Dolan the other weekend in 
> fact, but here is a puzzler, I always assumed the marking was month/
> year, but I got one downstairs marked 14/81, long year I guess, 
> ideas?  The point about a Golf/Jetta CV has me sort of intrigued as 
> well as I would never have guessed that or even looked, anybody know 
> more specifically are they thicker? different in any manner?  What 
> models/years, rabbit/golf/golf GTI are all different.  I ask as 
> sometimes the FWD peoples prices get really appealing would be good 
> to know.

The first number may be the week, not the month. This is a common 
practice for some mfrs. 
Around here, the inner CVs for my Jetta are within $5-10 of the bus 
ones, for Lobro, around $80 CDN.

> John
> vwbus@netbiz.net
> 
Shawn & Janis Wright
'88 Westy (338k) '85 Jetta TD (367k)
VWnut@smus.bc.ca (swright@smus.bc.ca)
http://www.islandnet.com/~swright/vw.html