Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 08:32:03 EDT
Reply-To: kenneth d lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: kenneth d lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
Subject: Re: New Type of CV Boot Available - 10 Minutes and boot replaced
Marshall;
Sounds like an all around bad idea. First if the old boot is torn
there is going to be dirt in the CV joint. The only question is how much
dirt, which will determine how long the joint will last. Second all the
split joints I have seen were not symmetrical around the center of
rotation. It seems to me they would fly apart after sustained driving at
speed. Third it is really cramped quarters in the suspension box of the
outer CV. Not enough room for my two big hands. I think it would be
easier to do it right the first time.
Drive Safely & Good Luck
Ken Lewis<Kernersville,NC>86 VW crewcab;60 T-5 Coupe
On Wed, 7 Apr 1999 17:34:50 -0500 Marshall Ruskin <mruskin@PANGEA.CA>
writes:
>Hi Everybody:
>
>I need your help to tell if this product will work for us. The
>manufacturer
>says it will.......
>
>I have a totally torn outer CV boot (at the collar), and I was scoping
>out a
>replacement.
>
>Canadian Tire (Canada's biggest FLAPS) has a replacement kit with
>grease and
>clamps etc for $14.99, which I thought was fair.
>
>Then, a Corporal I know saw me and recommended that instead of that
>type
>boot, I investigate this "split-type" boot. It's blue in color. Says
>he's
>used them and it is the way to go. The idea is that you just cut off
>your
>old boot, clean and push grease into your joint, and then wrap the
>"split"
>boot around. You then seal the seam with the compound they provide,
>and use
>the clamps provided.
>
>The boot is only good for outer CV joints, and will work with a huge
>number
>of vehicles. I called the company to make sure that it will work with
>the
>Vanagon, and they said it will, if....
>
>....If you currently have the CV boot style that uses clamps it will,
>no
>question about it. However....they didn't know about the other kind
>(which I
>have, I think)....
>
>My CV boot doesn't "appear" to have clamps. It appears that at each
>end of
>the boot there is a black collar or cylinder of some kind. Maybe I
>don't
>know what I am seeing, as I AM a newbie. So.....
>
>....the question really becomes: If one has boots that DON'T use
>clamps on
>their CV Joints, can boots WITH clamps be substituted?
>
>Also: ARE there CV boot styles without clamps, sort of "press-on", or
>am I
>mistaken?
>
>This boot kit costs about $20.00 Canadian, and has instructions for
>installing it in different vehicles, and a toll-free support number.
>
>Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
>After $300 in slashed tire costs last week, the last thing I need is a
>$180
>boot replacement cost (from my FLVWSS)
>
>Cheers!
>
>Marshall Ruskin
>84 Westy
>
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