> It's basically a choice on your part:
>
> 1 - use a rebuilt half-shaft from FLAPS, and replace it in a few
> years, but it's VERY cheap ($85) and quick to install
>
> 2 - replace the CV joint with a quality new German part,
> maybe replace it in a decade or more, more expensive and
>  time consuming

> OK.  I'll bite and ask a question based on ignorance (as usual):
> If the cheap rebuilt and the expensive new part are "the same
> part"  - why would there be a difference in the time it takes
> to install one over the other?

Because Bill is referring to using new CV joints (and installing them on
your own axle shaft) versus buying a rebuilt axle shaft with the CV
joints already installed. However, my new CV axles are a third option,
as they are already fully assembled like the rebuilt ones.  So they
install a quickly as the rebuilt shafts, but with all new parts.

Part numbers and prices are as follows:
Complete New Axle Shaft - aircooled Vanagon (except Auto)   211 501 203
$123.45  (not yet on website, call to order)
Complete New Axle Shaft - watercooled Vanagon (except Auto)  211 501
203G $113.95
CV Joint and Boot (one of each) - all 68-91 Bus & Vanagon   211 598 101
$49.95
Axle shaft prices include listmember discount, which you must ask for.

- Ron Salmon
  The Bus Depot, Inc.
  www.busdepot.com
  (215)  234-VWVW

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>

>
> > Cheap/Quick/Often  VS  more money/more work/once
> >
> > I chose the cheap half-shafts, $79 at O'Reilly's on sale,
> and I have
> > replaced them again in 5 years.  But then again, I'm a cheapskate.
>