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• Re: Short c.v. Axles ?
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge
  Tue, 17 Jul 2018 10:49:46 -0700
  ...CV boots. > > I discovered the boots were shot on my drive from Los Angeles to Montreal > back in late April. > > The Joints and boots...
• Re: Cv boots
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford
  Sat, 14 Aug 2021 14:43:21 -0400
  ...replace a CV boot. I was under the > > van for a different reason but inspected the boots. Driver’s side lower > > boot is ripped...
• Re: Inner CV boot replacement on an '81
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 23 Jan 2002 09:14:29 -0600
  ...New bolts are also recommended and are supplied in the boot repair kits many times. Unless the bearing cages are bad, most CVs cam...
• Re: CV boot or axle?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:05:33 -0400
  At 07:36 PM 4/15/2009, Jake de Villiers wrote: >I agree Brendan - CV joints are such amazing pieces of human thinking, as...
• CV boots
  Historical mailing list - Harmon Seaver
  Thu, 15 Aug 2002 10:33:06 -0500
  I know there is a major difference in CV boots, but, not having done it for a few years, can't remember the brand...
• Re: rear cv boots
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Thu, 27 Mar 2003 14:12:46 -0500
  ...I couldn't even buy a CV joint locally. Bill -------------------------- After having done a few CV repacks and boot replacements, I've found that...
• CV boots
  Historical mailing list - David and Shirin
  Sat, 8 Nov 2003 01:48:54 -0500
  Well I just got 4 CV boots off of Ebay, all came sealed in Febi Bilstein boxes, Two of them are Marked KOK in...
• Re: CV Joint installation on half shaft
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Dec 1999 10:10:12 EST
  All of the Lobro- OE (German) CV joint with boot kits I sell for $55 each come with a color, step-by-step How...
• Re: CV Joints
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 28 Apr 2014 06:44:15 -0500
  ...After all the demand on a cv joint grease is basically that it not dry out. The problem is the boots and good quality...
• cv joint lubing
  Historical mailing list - Steve Manning
  Fri, 20 Mar 1998 09:48:04 -0600
  Simple question, Is there a way to lube a cv joint without dropping it? It seems that you could remove the boot clamp and...
• greasing CV joints
  Historical mailing list - Claudio Cella
  Sun, 25 Nov 2001 18:45:38 -0800
  I recently removed, cleaned and regreased all 4 of my CV joints and installed new boots on my 87 Vanagon. I need to do...
• Re: CV boot guards and Stone Deflectors?
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Mon, 2 Oct 2000 20:28:21 -1000
  ...CV boot guards and Stone Deflectors? I'd love to have a set of the CV Boot Guards and Stone Deflectors before heading off...
• Re: No Go on CV Boot R&R
  Historical mailing list - Thomas
  Thu, 4 Nov 2010 10:32:13 -0700
  ...No Go on CV Boot R&R Anthony, You can replace the boots yourself at home with a bench vise and a pair of...
• Re: CV boot problem repair problem continued
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 15 Aug 2016 15:16:10 -0400
  ...tell me the correct torque for the CV bolts when we install the joint and boot back? Also, anyone have a link to the...
• Re: syncro front CV boot replacement
  Historical mailing list - Yi-Ruey Wei
  Mon, 10 Aug 1998 12:18:31 -0500
  ...syncro front CV boot replacement I had a VW dealer replace the two front outer CV boots on my syncro last week as I...
• Re: Cleaning CVs
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 29 Dec 1999 12:22:22 -0400
  Also there was a thread about using Grease Needles to fill the CV boots with 'new' grease. Malcolm Stuart wrote: > After attempting three times...
• Re: Bus CV Boots Busted again
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Tue, 9 Dec 2003 01:02:00 -0500
  I agree! http://www.benplace.com/cv_joint_maintenance.htm Cheers, Ben
• Re: CV Joints
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Mon, 5 May 2014 08:29:57 -0400
  ...Certainly better quality boots will last longer, but asking a > > CV boot to hold the joint in alignment seems like the wrong part doing...
• CV boot or axle?
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maikranz
  Sun, 12 Apr 2009 12:41:19 -0500
  I hate doing CV boots! I have only done them on Transporters but cant imagine them being any more fun on a Vanagon! I...
• Re: <syncro> CV boots/COMPLETE AXLES FS!!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 25 Feb 1998 06:25:41 -0800
  Listees, With the discussion of Syncro Boots, CV Joints etc I thought I would post that I have 10 NEW OE axles for sale...
• Re: Tie Rod Boot replacement
  Historical mailing list - Antaki
  Wed, 17 Sep 2003 18:05:39 -0700
  ...CV joint rubber boot for a beetle that was split length-wise and clipped over the CV joint to allow replacement of the boot...
• Re: CV boot problem repair problem continued
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 14 Aug 2016 21:39:32 -0400
  ...different lengths, but the procedure for moving and replacing the boots and the CV's is the same. Others have pretty much covered the...
• Re: clamps for cv boots, ridged washers for cv bolts
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:57:06 -0700
  ...clamps for cv boots, ridged washers for cv bolts >> >> >>> I am having my local shop save me some of the metal parts of >>> discarded...
• Re: Manual Transmission Leaking at CV Joint
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:54:01 -0700
  ...you added one tube for 4 cv's. I put about 1/3rd of a tube in each CV joint and boot... black molygraph...
• Re: 9-month life on new CV boots
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:41:50 -0500
  ...9-month life on new CV boots >>> >>> All this talk about CV joint cleaning and booting made me take a look at my >>> boots...
• Re: No Go on CV Boot R&R
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 4 Nov 2010 10:32:19 -0400
  ...856-327-2242 On 11/4/2010 8:54 AM, Anthony Egeln wrote: > Greetings List, > I noted that my front CV boots were shot...
• Re: Using wire ties on CV joint boots?
  Historical mailing list - andrew swingler
  Mon, 31 Jan 2000 14:59:00 -0800
  ...Reed Maffeo wrote: > Has anyone tried using wire ties on CV joint boots as a temporary > or permanent option to the metal ones? > > John...
• Re: [NVC] Need advice on Passat CV joints
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Thu, 3 Jul 2008 11:53:45 -0700
  The outer CV joints are the most likely culprit I am chasing after. Both boots cracked and grease leaked out last year. The joints...
• Re: Speaking of CV Joints ...
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Sat, 17 May 2003 01:08:18 -0400
  http://pages.infinit.net/engine/cv_boot_anatomy.htm http://pages.infinit.net/engine/cv_joint_maintenance.htm That should help you. Ben http...
• Re: CV joints/Axle options
  Historical mailing list - William Monk
  Tue, 12 Mar 2019 09:04:21 -0400
  ...CV Joints, and repack with Red Line grease! >> As for boots, the GKN boots are OEM. >> Stay away from the cheap china CV Axle...
• Re: CV joints. Adding new grease.
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Wed, 26 Dec 2001 12:05:23 -0800
  ...http://volksweb.relitech.com/cvjoints.htm But I still can not locate the link on the archives about the blue CV boots that are...
• Re: CV boot guards and Stone Deflectors?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 3 Oct 2000 18:12:04 -0700
  ...251 407 406 DM 140.25 (currently $63.75) >Left CV Boot Guard: 251 407 405 DM 140.25 >Water Pump Belt Stone Deflector...
• '86 CV Boots
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 16 Aug 1996 13:21:55 -0500
  Hello Listies I have noticed that my front inboard CV joint boot is torn.:-( I have checked the archieves and could'nt find a...
• clamps for cv boots, ridged washers for cv bolts
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:57:51 -0800
  ...clamps for cv boots, ridged washers for cv bolts > > leather is a no go. petroleum products rot it. > the answer is obvious get OEM...
• Re: Bus CV boot life
  Historical mailing list - David and Shirin
  Wed, 10 Dec 2003 01:02:40 -0500
  ...Bus CV Boots Busted again > Does anyone know where I can get some boots that will > last longer than 400 miles, my poor vanagon...
• Re: CV boot problem repair problem continued
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 13 Aug 2016 21:05:58 -0400
  ...Remove the CV from the splines under the van and replace boot and put back together. Other boots look fine and only the replaced...
• I Need CV boot grease needle
  Historical mailing list - Leif
  Fri, 10 Sep 1999 13:08:41 -1000
  A while back some one talked about this needle to inject grease into the CV boot. I believe it was up in Canada at...
• Re: Using wire ties on CV joint boots?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Nolan
  Mon, 31 Jan 2000 16:47:58 -0700
  ...Where would they go? Where the CV boot wraps around the axle? Thanks, Bill (SE Arizona) (Bill@freeholder.com) HTTP://www.freeholder.com ---------------------------------------------------------- Censorship...
• Re: CV boot problem repair problem continued
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 13 Aug 2016 18:49:19 -0400
  ...CV boot problem repair problem continued Very little grease up in there at this point. seemed like very little had been put in there...
• Syncro CV Madness..
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Wed, 19 Apr 1995 06:27:44 +0000
  ...CV-BOOTS front axle inner $167.88 each front axle outer $86.39 each rear axle $39.85 each all four boots same price...
• Re: CV joint question and success!
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 18 Jul 2023 10:53:02 -0400
  ...By the time the boots arrive, I’ll be well practiced in the art of boot and CV exchanges. Eric Caron > On Jul 17...
• Re: CV joints. Adding new grease.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 26 Dec 2001 16:44:07 -0600
  ...volksweb.relitech.com/cvjoints.htm > > But I still can not locate the link on the archives about the blue > CV boots > that are supposed...
• CV Joint Boots To Clamp or Not To Clamp
  Historical mailing list - Paul
  Fri, 4 Jul 2008 10:33:04 -0700
  ...CV's following the article from Van-Cafe I see one point of discrepancy. To clamp/zip tie the small end of the boot...
• CV Boots
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Fri, 25 Oct 2024 04:10:00 +0000
  So, I got four years out of a set of Rockford boots. They all split at the same place, the large diameter pleat. Is...
• Re: CV Joints 80 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 1 Feb 1996 16:28:13 -0600 (CST)
  ...I >checked the outside CV boot on the right rear of my van. It was torn. I >jacked up the rear end and there...
• Syncro CV joints
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Mon, 24 Feb 1997 13:53:12 -0600 (CST)
  ...Syncro CV joints A question for the Syncro mechanic? I need to replace a front inner CV joint boot on my 1986 Syncro. The...
• Re: CV Boots spun off again ?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:30:01 -0700
  ...boot in place where the axle was > still shiny from the last boot > > well not 5 days later the $#W%$#$%^$7 > cv boot spun...
• Re: CV boot problem repair problem continued
  Historical mailing list - BenT
  Tue, 16 Aug 2016 16:48:01 -0700
  ...IRS CV joint boot. Swing axle used such things, but (like I said) I’ve never seen such a critter for CV joint axles...
• Re: CV joint boot kit - what to do with the large washer?
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Fri, 10 Sep 2004 08:22:49 -0700
  ...CV joint boot kit - what to do with the large washer? Now I've heard it all - A Westy with a Dishwasher!? Golly ha...
• Re: CV Joint boot blues
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sat, 13 Dec 1997 09:25:02 EST
  ...Can anyone tell me how a brand new outer cv joint boot >on a 90 GL with less than 1K on it can be...
• CV boot replacement
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 18 Oct 2023 22:05:46 +0000
  Hi all.I believe I have to replace the inner cv boot on my driver's side axel.  87 Westy.  I thought it would...
• Re: CV R&R questions
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 13 Aug 2006 18:45:28 -0500
  Aaron, From your description, it sounds like all your CV's are questionable at best. The descriptions of dried grease, boots disintegrating, etc, says...
• Re: cv joint lubing
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Fri, 20 Mar 1998 14:06:57 -0500
  ...We decided to lube them as best we could without removing the CV joint from the shaft. To clean them we slid the boot...
• Re: CV Joints[via LSMTP - see www.lsoft.com]
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Nov 1997 15:17:16 -0500
  ...itself (happened to mine) and the boot will rip and we're back to square one. Replace CV joint with new one. Tap it...
• Re: clamps for cv boots, ridged washers for cv bolts
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 31 Aug 2011 07:44:48 -0700
  I've replaced the boots twice on my '85 since new. Only one was torn, but replaced them along with the CV. They've...
• Re: CV boot problem repair problem continued
  Historical mailing list - Ned Savoie
  Mon, 15 Aug 2016 16:45:05 -0400
  ...tell me the correct torque for the CV bolts when we install > the joint and boot back? > > Also, anyone have a link to the...
• Re: clamps for cv boots, ridged washers for cv bolts
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Mon, 29 Aug 2011 20:46:46 -0500
  ...clamps for cv boots, ridged washers for cv bolts Hi, I am happy to report that I have just placed my Zetec in my...
• [NVC] Need advice on Passat CV joints
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Wed, 2 Jul 2008 23:41:32 -0700
  ...I discovered that both sides of the outer CV boots were torn and grease leaked out last year. I had replaced the boots with...
• syncro - front cv joint r&r
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:52:00 -0700
  ...I need to replace torn boot on front right inner cv joint. I'd prefer to take entire front axle out and regrease both...
• Re: clamps for cv boots, ridged washers for cv bolts
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:16:15 -0500
  ...clamps for cv boots, ridged washers for cv bolts > > > Some of the VW replacement boots came with what look like large plastic >> ZIP >> ties...