In a message dated 8/19/02 3:37:48 PM, mtblackburn@QWEST.NET writes:

>My question is with this high a mileage, no service ever been done, noise,
>general hassle...

The interesting thing about CV's is that mileage is no guarantee of wear.
Basicly, they are good or they are bad. Bad is usually caused by lack of
grease caused a torn boot. On my other VW's we used to take junk yard CV
joints because they were guaranteed for almost as long as new ones at a
fraction of the cost.

The CV's on my Westy have 225K miles. The boots tore, but the joints are
still good as they were serviced before all sorts of abrasive crud got into
the joint.