Kurt, I knew the VW dealers sell these boot kits which have everything you need for $49 a piece (inner or outer). You can check the price with Bus Depot or any other vendors on the vanagon.com web page. Other sources are German Parts & Restoration (1-800-321-5432; Greg or Dave) and Parts Place (1-248-373-2300). Make sure to get the stronger WHITE boots for outer CV. BTW, I use VW genuine parts (not if it's a Bosch though) because it normally fit better and have good quality. I'd pay more on quality parts to save my time since I always try to fix problems by myself. One experience I've learned is that once I had a wrack on my right axle of my Jetta. The shop told me he'll put a VW axle in since I requested it. Later when I needed a new inner boot, I found I couldn't put the new C clip in because the gap was just a little too tight. I had to settle to re-use the old C clip. The reason? that shop put an OEM Lobro axle instead of the VW genuine which caused all the trouble I had later. (Now you know why I'd like to do it by myself if possible!) You need a big 32mm(?) socket and a long metal pipe to loose the axle nut. You also need a VERY GOOD 6mm Allen bit to loose the inner CV. A 250 ft-lb torque wrench will be needed when you put the axle nut back. I only separated the upper arm ( I think Bentley said you need to separate everything ) since I was lazy but it's quite a challenge to take the whole axle out. Make sure buy the strongest nut adhesive (red color) from Pep Boy's or alike and apply it on the hub area like the Bentley suggested. Good luck, Yi-Ruey Wei 87 Vanagon GL Syncro w/leaking cylinder head 85 Jetta GLI w/165,000 miles Dallas, TX (Back to 100 degrees)
Kurt Thomas <ILIKEVW4ME@AOL.COM> on 08/10/98 03:20:49 PM Please respond to ILIKEVW4ME@AOL.COM To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM cc: Subject: Re: syncro front CV boot replacement
does anyone know a good place and price for all 4 front boots? I have one inner R boot torn, any special tools (I have the bently man.) kurt thomas 87 syncro gl (new owner for 2weeks)
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