In a message dated 98-03-27 11:48:33 EST, hbandcmills@TNTECH.CAMPUS.MCI.NET writes: << Now I drive a '78 Westy that out of 4 CV joints has 1/2 of a boot. None of the others are covered. It was like this when I got the van and I decided once I felt the same tremor that I wouldn't try to the save these CV's with grease and boots - I'd see how long the would last in the elements....Have been on dirt roads and forded a couple of creeks where nothing got wet inside but I am sure the CV's did! >> Friend-- See a doctor. You are nuts. During college I had no $$$. In order to pay for rent/food, I HAD to leave two CV's open. It sucked. I drove around for a year with butt-pucker praying they wouldn't give out. In the hopes they would last, I litterally hosed them out from time to time and repacked with moly grease. I prayed for my CV's, but Jesus and all the little lambs and harp-playing angels couldn't save my CV's. Eventually one let go on I-95 near Mechanicsburg, VA (ironic). I was dead in the water, and missed an important family gathering. If your life is so orderly that you must tempt fate, try running between raindrops. Give time to charitable causes. Being stuck in the middle of no- where with expensive broken parts THAT YOU COULD HAVE FIXED, sucks. gmbulley cary, nc |
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