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• Power Steering Rack rubber boot mismatch?? BS66057 vs BS88145
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Thu, 21 Dec 2006 17:38:22 -0800
  I ordered a couple of replacement steering rack boots. The VW part number is supposed to be 251419831A. The boots I received had the...
• CV boots are not my friend! Which of these boots would you use?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 11 Apr 2022 10:26:48 -0400
  First the group wisdom challenge If you need to replace a CV boot and you have in your collection three different boots, which one...
• Re: CV boots are not my friend! Which of these boots would you use?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 11 Apr 2022 19:17:57 -0700
  Hey Eric, I haven’t had any experience with the new boot options. I’ve had fair luck with lobro in the kit. But...
• CV Boot
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 11 May 2001 07:15:23 -0500
  I'm getting ready to perform a routine CV inspection and I'll be replacing the boots when I clean and relube the CVs...
• Re: cv boots
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Mon, 3 Jan 2000 11:58:17 -0500
  Darrell, the premature death of your CV boots may caused by heat/friction. Here is what I've done to minimize friction: - before installing...
• Re: CV boots are not my friend! Which of these boots would you use?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Apr 2022 22:14:30 +0000
  ...So any new boots out there that actually hold up? What boot did we choose to install?  The used VW boot.   Now off to...
• Re: CV boots are not my friend! Which of these boots would you use?
  Historical mailing list - Peter Baker
  Tue, 12 Apr 2022 13:45:24 +0000
  ...But also I’ve had good luck with old original boots cleaned up and reused. Something about the new boots we can get that...
• VW CV Boots=Short life
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 13 Jan 1997 19:15:06 -0600
  About 7-8mons ago replaced CV's and boots. Wanted to replace with all VW OEM boots but partsman only had two VW, I...
• Re: CV Boot
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 11 May 2001 12:30:27 -0500
  I'm sure the dealer boots will last a long time, but the ones that last 90 days or your money back are usually...
• Re: CV boot guards and Stone Deflectors?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Tue, 3 Oct 2000 08:16:49 -0700
  ...one incident can cut a boot... how often do you look under there to check on your boots? ... a cut boot allows dirt, sand...
• Re: Power Steering Rack rubber boot mismatch?? BS66057 vs BS88145
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 22 Dec 2006 09:01:43 -0800
  ...Is this the correct boot? > > I cannot seem fit the new boots onto my rack, the rack end of the > boots are way to...
• Re: CV boots are not my friend! Which of these boots would you use?
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 11 Apr 2022 12:16:08 -0600
  ...Literally. > > So any new boots out there that actually hold up? > > What boot did we choose to install? > > The used VW boot. > > > Now off...
• Re: Rockford cv boots opinions
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:11:00 -0400
  My friend's father opened a CV axle repair shop a while back; he rebuilt his axles with Rockford boots. At the time I...
• Re: Cv boots cracking
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 22 Mar 2013 09:56:21 -0700
  The OEM dealer boots are EDPM rubber (at least they used to be) and worth the money. My '84's boots were still good...
• Re: CV boot guards and Stone Deflectors?
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Tue, 3 Oct 2000 09:55:06 -1000
  ...one incident can cut a boot... how often do you look under there to check on your boots? ... a cut boot allows dirt, sand...
• CV Boots spun off again ?
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:12:36 -0700
  ...so I did the road side r&r best i could to hold the boot on so not all the grease decorated the vans...
• syncro front CV boot replacement
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 10 Aug 1998 08:59:18 -0700
  I had a VW dealer replace the two front outer CV boots on my syncro last week as I don't have the time...
• Re: tranny boots...
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Mon, 11 Feb 2002 06:22:49 -0800
  That should be 251 711 167F for the shift rod boots. -Dana- Dana Morphew wrote: > > You'll need one 251 711 167E ball joint...
• Syncro Inner CV Joint Boots
  Historical mailing list - MilosKitchen
  Wed, 28 Jul 2004 19:03:51 -0400
  ...I am replacing the CV boots on all the axles of my '87 Syncro. The replacement inner front boot/hardware kits arrived with proper...
• Ripped CV Boots
  Historical mailing list - Scott Chen
  Wed, 3 Dec 1997 22:08:38 -0400
  Anyone have any problems with new CV boots ripping? I went ahead and had my CV joints repacked and boots replaced while my trusted...
• Rockford cv boots opinions
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Sun, 22 Jul 2007 10:10:45 -0700
  ...it a no brainer use a lobro joint but there are a number of boot kits with many different qualities so i looked around...
• Re: Rockford cv boots opinions
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:07:31 -0400
  ...Rockford cv boots opinions > My friend's father opened a CV axle repair shop a while back; he rebuilt his > axles with Rockford boots...
• Re: CV boots are not my friend! Which of these boots would you use?
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Mon, 11 Apr 2022 09:38:10 -0500
  ...Literally. > > So any new boots out there that actually hold up? > > What boot did we choose to install? > > The used VW boot. > > > Now off...
• New Type of CV Boot Available - 10 Minutes and boot replaced
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Wed, 7 Apr 1999 17:34:50 -0500
  ...If one has boots that DON'T use clamps on their CV Joints, can boots WITH clamps be substituted? Also: ARE there CV boot...
• shift linkage boots
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Tue, 20 Apr 1999 11:40:07 -0700
  I was under my 90 Westy Syncro and saw that the second boot along the linkage from the transmission is cut up. The other...
• Re:Save your balls from busted rubbers (?'s)
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 23 Nov 1996 10:29:31 -0600
  ...PO replaced unit, maybe the mechanic used the old boots or the after market boots poor quality of rubber.(?) Should I buy boots from...
• Re: Ripped CV Boots
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Thu, 4 Dec 1997 02:00:46 -0600
  It's been my expeerience that the aftermarket CV boots don't last nearly as lonhg as the original equipment from VW. Surely some...
• CV boots does anyone make quality boots these days ?
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Sun, 11 Mar 2007 13:15:00 -0700
  So last june I had a tranny rebuilt & asked the shop to replace any boots that looked short for life they found 1 ... well...
• Re: tranny boots...
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Mon, 11 Feb 2002 06:11:31 -0800
  You'll need one 251 711 167E ball joint boot, two 251 711 157F shift rod boots, and one 251 723 580 aft accel...
• Re: CV Boots spun off again ?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:30:01 -0700
  I haven't secured the small end of boot on halfshafts. Standard tranny. Out of lazyness and partly because I had read that one...
• Re: New Type of CV Boot Available - 10 Minutes and boot replaced
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 7 Apr 1999 21:34:51 -0400
  I used the "split-boot-with-glue" in question on a Jetta in an act of post-graduate desperation. I got what I paid...
• Re: CV boots does anyone make quality boots these days ? maybe it is not the boot
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Sun, 11 Mar 2007 19:58:11 -0400
  ...There are good ways and bad ways - and the bad or incorrect ways that are said to decrease boot longevity greatly. Therefore, the fact...
• Re: Rockford cv boots opinions
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:12:38 -0700
  > My friend's father opened a CV axle repair shop a while back; he rebuilt his > axles with Rockford boots. > > At the time I...
• Re: cv boots
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Tue, 4 Jan 2000 16:03:00 -0600
  ...A properly > packed CV joint should almost no grease on the boot itself. The grease will > eat the boot material and it the boot...
• Re: Syncro Inner CV Joint Boots
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 29 Jul 2004 01:39:06 -0400
  Hmm, last time my CV boots got replaced the shop used some of those quick tie plastic things. I always used the hose clamps...
• Re: cv boots
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 4 Jan 2000 11:51:44 -0500
  A frequent cause of boot failure is them being over packed. A properly packed CV joint should almost no grease on the boot itself...
• Re: Power Steering Rack rubber boot mismatch?? BS66057 vs BS88145
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 22 Dec 2006 06:11:35 EST
  ...Is this the correct boot? I cannot seem fit the new boots onto my rack, the rack end of the boots are way to...
• Re: tranny boots...
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Sat, 16 Feb 2002 04:31:58 -0800
  There's a fourth tranny boot, but I don't know the part number. It fits on where the shifter linkage goes into the...
• Re: CV boots life
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Sun, 28 Jul 2002 21:27:00 -0700
  I got OEM german boots installed 3 years ago and although they developed lots of small cracks but no splits yet. I spend 40...
• cv boot lube leakage question
  Historical mailing list - Ed DeBolt
  Sat, 3 Mar 2001 10:41:51 -0800
  Hiya Gearheads I had my cv boots replaced about 2 yrs ago ( also 2 joints ). now all my boots look good. no cracking etc...
• Re: New Type of CV Boot Available - 10 Minutes and boot replaced
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Wed, 7 Apr 1999 18:42:08 -0500
  ...If one has boots that DON'T use clamps on >>their CV Joints, can boots WITH clamps be substituted? >> > >Nope. This type of boot...
• Re: CV boots are not my friend! Which of these boots would you use?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 11 Apr 2022 19:09:19 +0000
  The Rockford boots are thick and stout.  But they only have 4 convolusions.  Once a tear initiates, of course there is no turning back...
• Air Intake Boot syncro/non-syncro 2.1l (different?)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 14 Feb 2000 12:32:27 EST
  ...I sent a customer an air intake boot for a 2.1l motor to use in his '86 Syncro. This boot goes between the...
• Ball joint boot question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 22 Jul 2023 14:57:10 -0400
  Hey, Does the Bay window boot fit the Vanagon lower ball joint? I’m looking for a boot that has the best chance of...
• Re: CV boots does anyone make quality boots these days ? maybe it is not the boot
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sun, 11 Mar 2007 17:23:48 -0700
  ...It is possible to incorrectly install and secure boot so small end of boot is pushed too close to the big end. I guess...
• Re: CV boots are not my friend! Which of these boots would you use?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 11 Apr 2022 12:49:42 -0500
  Not with one a Felder Industries OEM boot! ; ) Jim Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 11, 2022, at 12:27 PM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96...
• Re: CV boots
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Fri, 3 Mar 2000 22:39:24 -0600
  ...Said boots are also available at CANADIAN Tire, and are of excellent quality, IMHO. Marshall Ruskin Subject: CV boots >My mecanics told me that...
• Re: CV boots are not my friend! Which of these boots would you use?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 11 Apr 2022 13:26:54 -0400
  Hi JIm and Ken, Jim, The used boot I used came from you. I think that gives it extra good karma. Nothing wrong with...
• Re: Cv boots cracking
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:21:29 -0600
  ...One thing I ran into was the need for a large diameter inner transaxle flange CV boot, which required a longer, square shouldered boot...
• Re: New Type of CV Boot Available - 10 Minutes and boot replaced
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Thu, 8 Apr 1999 17:30:13 -0500
  ...New Type of CV Boot Available - 10 Minutes and boot replaced >I used the "split-boot-with-glue" in question on a Jetta in...
• Re: CV Boots spun off again ?
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:38:03 -0700
  > if so why does lobro pack the crimps for the > > boots ?? > > Because the majority of drivers don't go > off-road. > Well I dont...
• Re: Syncro Inner CV Joint Boots
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 29 Jul 2004 07:42:49 -0400
  ...I am replacing the CV boots on all the axles of my '87 Syncro. >> The >> replacement inner front boot/hardware kits arrived with proper...
• tips and tricks for brake caliper reassembly with rubber dust boot
  Historical mailing list - Vision Wizard
  Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:19:16 -0400
  ...The Bentley says to put the dust boot onto the piston first, and then to fit the lip of the boot into a groove...
• rear cv boots
  Historical mailing list - Sidney White
  Wed, 26 Mar 2003 23:49:09 EST
  I have torn boots on a 1987 Westy, I ordered two boot kits but now I learned I have to remove the axle somehow...
• Re: CV Maintenance - Re-use old or new Rockford USA boots?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 19 Apr 2017 11:42:13 +0000
  I tried them all over a few short years with a set of EMPI or similar boots lasting only nine months. I've had...
• Re: cv boot woes
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 22 Nov 1999 07:51:35 -0500
  ...They include one joint, one boot, and grease & hardware. I am nearly sold out of Lobro boot kits (boot, grease, and hardware, but no...
• Re: Bus CV boot life- the fix-
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 10 Dec 2003 07:27:15 -0500
  THe rear CV all seam to come with band clamps for the inner axis side of the boots these days. When they were made...
• 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: No Go on CV Boot R&R
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 4 Nov 2010 09:34:02 -0400
  > I noted that my front CV boots were shot so I bought boots > (expedited shipping) from Bus Depot and took them to my > normal...
• Re: cv boots that will last??
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Thu, 27 Jan 2005 16:34:59 -0600
  I bite the bullet and buy my cv joint boots from the dealer as that seems to be the only guarantee of high quality...