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• Re: Repack manual rack?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Fri, 4 Jun 1999 23:31:32 -0600
  ...It looks as > though the best bet is to force grease in under the rubber boot at the input > shaft, but would appreciate any...
• Re: (rear) cv joint
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Sat, 25 Feb 2006 13:38:42 -0700
  > Should I clean up and repack the other while I'm at it? (and replace > that boot as well). Am I correct in assuming...
• Re: Hijacked thread..Your 2.3 GoWesty
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:37:29 -0800
  ...San Diego --- On Mon, 2/15/10, dahn van <bootlvr@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: From: dahn van <bootlvr@HOTMAIL.COM> Subject: Pop-top inside 'velvet...
• Re: Gas Smell: Flange to Filler Tube
  Historical mailing list - Glen Buhlmann
  Mon, 17 Jun 1996 09:01:26 -0800
  ...Well if this is the rubber boot at the top of the filler neck then here is what I had done recently. I had...
• <F> Found on Car Talk (bus content)
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Fri, 9 Apr 1999 16:29:22 -0500
  ...While your comments that "it was a dog of the first order, and unsafe to boot" may be accurate, I think you've underestimated...
• Re: broke down in Portland, need help
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 9 Jun 2019 11:33:24 -0400
  ...vibration >>>> >>> Still haven't established that the ECU is getting power, booting, and trying to run the pump. The two relays clicking in sequence...
• Re: Source for reliable axle assemblies
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 12 Jan 2015 19:42:09 -0700
  ...If you do this, Try to puncture the the portions of the boot with smaller diameters so as to avoid slinging the grease out...
• Fuel expansion tank float valve
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sun, 7 Sep 2014 23:41:05 -0300
  ...The float valve is available from several sources, but I see no mention of the rubber gasket/grommet/boot in which it sits. The...
• Rear Wheel Bearings - Preempt?
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:54:12 -0700
  Getting ready to do CV joint maintenance - no boot or noise problems, just routine. Thinking I would replace rear wheel bearings while I was...
• Van idle over winter
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Gilbert
  Fri, 20 May 2011 22:07:49 -0400
  ...It sat in a paint booth since Halloween. It was started occasionally (so I've been told). Most years, I drive the van 12...
• rad fan with hose fittings?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:02:11 -0700
  ...Anyone know what they are used for? Also, above front transaxle, strapped to underside of van, is a rubber booted 2 prong electrical connection...
• Swaping automatic transmission to standard
  Historical mailing list - jc
  Thu, 6 Aug 2009 07:39:32 -0700
  ...See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail. Click on Options in Mail and switch...
• Re: Cv bolts replace or not?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Venema
  Thu, 11 May 1995 12:03:26 -0500 (CDT)
  On Thu, 11 May 1995, Christopher Bridge wrote: > I ordered boot kits today, but they didn't come with bolts. Do I absolutely > have...
• NEW Lobro Half Shafts with CV's for Syncro on Ebay
  Historical mailing list - leif
  Thu, 7 Sep 2000 08:58:59 -0600
  I am auctioning 2 of the German Lobro Half Shafts with cv joints and boots for the Syncro. I bought these from Bus Depot...
• Service Life of FWB's?
  Historical mailing list - Wes V
  Fri, 28 Dec 2001 09:21:19 -0500
  ...for 80-100,000 unless contaminated with dirt or salt (torn boot or lost clamps). With all the front wheel bearing (FWB) discusssion going...
• AFM upgrade, grounding and cleaning with electrical contact cleaner
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Sun, 20 Jan 2002 13:46:16 -0800
  ...Rather than glue the boot back on the AFM I'm inclined to tape it up securely with electrical tape to allow easier access...
• RARE '87 SYNCRO SUNROOF VANAGON on ebay!!
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 14 Apr 2002 14:53:55 EDT
  ...this is the LAST of the sunroof vanagons..and a Syncro w/ diff lock to boot!! hope this goes to a good home.. good...
• Re: Air intake elbow
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Tue, 8 Jul 2003 13:30:52 -0500
  ...I need the boot that goes between the AFM and the throtle body. It's a big black elbow thing with ridges. Mine is...
• Re: brake pad replacement
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 26 Feb 2004 12:30:41 -0500
  ...The important thing is not to mar the piston or damage its dust boot. I haven't done a Vanagon but more often than...
• Re: where's Gerry?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 10 Apr 2004 12:36:01 -0700
  Schwenky & TK both got the boot. Funny thing is that TK was jerking Schwenk's chain and Schwenk went for it full throttle. Karl...
• Re: Book time for CV Joint work?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 25 Apr 2006 15:51:45 -0700
  ...Book time for CV Joint work? Does any body know the book time to inspect, clean, repack and replace the boots on CV Joints...
• Re: Ball joints, upper / lower photo procedure
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sat, 27 Jan 2007 11:29:56 -0500
  ...Consider what's apart, it's also a good time to do tie rod ends, steering rack boots, front wheel bearing seals, brake pads.
• Re: CV joint question and success!
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 18 Jul 2023 16:04:56 -0400
  ...But If I’m changing a boot or joint I might as well do it correctly. I think that would mean that as long...
• followup: won't start, 1984
  Historical mailing list - Karen Olson
  Wed, 3 Jan 2001 16:47:00 -0800
  Thanks to all who replied to my "won't start, 1984 Vanagon!" I did spray some starter fluid into the intake boot, the black...
• Re: Brake whoas
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Sun, 7 Oct 2001 13:55:57 -0400
  The way I see it; if the boot is torn then you are getting water and dirt in and grease washed out. The end...
• Re: Steering rack replacement question
  Historical mailing list - zaranski
  Sat, 15 Nov 2003 19:48:00 -0600
  ...Got the OEM boots, tie-rod ends, and a tube of molybdinum disulfide grease (CV joint grease) from Mark at Adirondak Auto Parts (see...
• Re: Serious problems with CV reinstall -HELP!
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sat, 1 May 1999 22:10:46 -0500
  ...You just can't replace the boots with the inner race >still on the half-shaft. > >Good luck! > >TomC >tcarrington@relitech.com >http://www...
• Re: Preparations for Rough Roads
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sun, 16 Apr 2000 15:38:06 -0700
  ...wouldn't bother yours will be new >2 coil springs **** maybe for gourp? >Drive joint boots with fasteners *** drive joint? > CV Boot Kit, front...
• Re: Gah. Inspections
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 9 Aug 2002 01:16:58 -0500
  ...Sigh. > > > >CV boots torn on both front axles. Steering rack boots torn. The CV > joints > >had sprayed their grease all over the front brakes...
• Re: /f in Defense of Spam
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 10 Oct 1995 22:25:20 -0400
  ...When I was in USMC boot camp in 1974 some of ours were made in 1943! Some with chicken noodle soup! Still have my...
• Re: 87 GL Steering rack leak
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 3 Mar 2004 11:00:24 -0600
  ...Also, don't toss your old boots until you retrieve the rubber disk from it, the new boots don't come with them unless...
• Re: CV boots again.
  Historical mailing list - David Boan
  Sun, 16 Jul 2023 02:31:04 +0000
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• Re: CV boot problem repair problem continued
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Sat, 13 Aug 2016 20:02:02 -0400
  And be sure to use a quality synthetic or semi-synthetic CV joint specific grease. In my 42 years of servicing Lobro CV joints...
• Re: R12 - Freon
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Fri, 21 Aug 1998 06:27:45 -0400
  ...I have been offer "boot leg" R12 for $20 a lb. No label, no idea if it was real R12 or what? Eric
• Thanks Tom
  Historical mailing list - Caston/Payne
  Mon, 24 Jan 2000 00:41:33 -0500
  ...have had him (her?) there haven't been hardly any re-boot's with down time requiring use of the "spare" list. It seems...
• Re: Inner CV Boot Replacement: Okie Redneck Style...
  Historical mailing list - il cikaspers
  Sat, 26 Jan 2002 09:45:37 -0800
  >Hey Jon, >I have heard horror stories of just a few backing out, shearing off the >ones that were left. Buy a torque wrench...
• Re: CV Joint questions and anwers anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Mon, 12 May 2003 06:37:32 -0700
  ...It is a mystery where the grease goes, as the boots were not torn. The grease wasn't just no longer on the joint...
• A Rose by Any Other Name ...
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Sun, 11 Apr 2004 17:17:17 -0400
  My Company Commander in the US Navy Bootcamp, Great Lakes Naval Training Center, Company 42, Jan-Mar 1972, was Chief Petty Officer Bullet. As...
• Re: Vanagon Dirvability
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 15 Oct 1996 02:50:28 -0300 (ADT)
  ...peel back the rubber boot, way back, and expose the white FI wires. Find #s 2 and 4 and nick them on one side...
• Re: failed inspection
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Mon, 4 Mar 2002 13:01:11 +0100
  ...The boot was > ripped (I didn't notice it before yet never really looked either). I > noticed the outer tie rod boot cracked and...
• Re: CV joint maintenance/replacement question.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 23 Apr 2017 10:07:06 -0500
  Axles, boots and CV's is one area I try not to o cheap. Doesn't pay. Not much ever happens to axles but...
• Re: Toolkit
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Tue, 23 Nov 1999 01:33:27 -0800
  David, Is the CV joint "socket" the 12-point wrench/fitting? Have you found a source for the old style "emergency boot," (a short...
• Rollin' yer own-- air leaks
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Thu, 9 Feb 1995 08:40:03 CST6CDT
  ...Also, breather tubes seem to leak right at the big boot.
• Re: Inner CV Boot Replacement: Okie Redneck Style...
  Historical mailing list - Cooper, Jonathan R.
  Sat, 26 Jan 2002 10:50:15 -0500
  ...Inner CV Boot Replacement: Okie Redneck Style... Just shop *-bay for a few days. I picked up a good Sturdevant for 18$ with the...
• Re: burned Bosch rotors and tune-up question
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 5 Nov 2003 06:07:26 EST
  ...Always use dielectric grease on the lead wire connections and boots making sure the boots are a snug fit. Cheers Frank Condelli Almonte, Ontario...
• Re: steering boot replacement
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 1 Dec 2013 09:36:52 -0600
  > > Removed the tie rod end from the steering upright, pulled off the old > part and installed the new. > > > Note that if you don't...
• Re: bike racks
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 3 May 1996 18:31:26 -0400
  ...We can carry 2 mountain bikes and 2 kayaks with no problems at all, though toll booth gates can be a little tricky. Performance...
• thanks
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 9 Dec 1996 08:46:27 -0600
  ...and lots of fun to boot. will enjoy being here. does get a little hot sometimes. now another question. can i get armrests or...
• Re: WTB: 86-91 Vanagon -non camper - 4spd
  Historical mailing list - No Name Available
  Sun, 15 Jun 2003 22:42:52 EDT
  I have a 87 syncro with brand new rebuilt motor WBX and tons of new work done, brakes, cv boots, power steering pump, idle...
• Is Vanagon list working??
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:23:42 -0400
  ...Did I get booted? If so How do I get back on. Thanks Jonce Jonce Fancher 56 Single Cab 66 Sunroof Bug 66 Variant...
• Re: Upper ball joint - WTF? GOT IT!
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 17 Feb 2007 10:19:40 -0500
  ...The taper causes the shaft to grip even after the nut is removed.A balljoint fork may tear the rubber boot.That is ok...
• Re: When was the last time you re-packed your CV joints?
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Mon, 18 Oct 2021 11:57:14 -0500
  ...Hence the needle, which penetrates the boot and lubes the joint. I have replaced CV hardware on the road and got lucky the time...
• Re: Can you guys help tell me what part this is?
  Historical mailing list - Bill
  Sun, 12 Oct 2003 16:11:35 -0600
  ...Looks like the boot I'm looking for isn't in the > > > list of parts you mentioned...you think it would be in > > > a...
• Re: source of more cv grease?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sun, 12 Mar 2006 17:21:16 -0500
  ...The 80g packets that come with >the boot kits are already short of the 90g bentley recommends per joint, >and I used some of...
• Repost: Air Leaks
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Sat, 17 Jun 1995 08:36:41 CST6CDT
  ...Also, > breather tubes seem to leak right at the big boot. > >
• CV GREASE, ETC (long)
  Historical mailing list - Fred Brittain
  Fri, 25 Jun 1999 19:23:51 -0600
  ...The listee(s) who reported loosing large amounts of grease either out the end or through a hole (epidermic) in the boot MAY have...
• Re: Turkey/Bathtub/RTV
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Tue, 19 Oct 1999 14:03:55 -0500
  ...Remove >the boot lock ring and remnants of the boot and develop a technique not yet >know to mankind to remove all the RTV...
• Re: Is my power steering dying?
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Mon, 24 Sep 2001 14:17:35 EDT
  ...If your rack is dying a slow death, it is usually obvious from the ATF dripping past the boots when the pressure seals have...
• Re: The nature of dielectric grease;
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sat, 27 Aug 2005 15:33:17 -0600
  ...Same for light bulbs and spark plug boots, etc. it is not being used to make it more conductive. With a correctly done connection...
• Re: Syncro Front Axle Removal
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:16:15 -0400
  ...If using after market outer boot kits, get the correct nuts from the dealer. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry...