It seems like there are two main schools of thought on this among owners who
keep their vans for many years/miles:

School 1:  The owner demands only the highest quality parts available and
often has a severe case of paranoid maintenance syndrome.  This owner buys
OEM new CV's and fastidiously cleans them and repacks them.

School 2:  The owner uses OEM new parts for some things, and re-built or
used parts elsewhere.  Economy and safety rate higher than authenticity.
This owner buys re-built driveshafts once at the local FLAPS and takes full
advantage of the limited lifetime warranty by doing no maintenance and
replacing when they wear/fail.

just one man's opinion

Scott
Augusta, GA

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Kennedy" <JK@PROJECTDESIGN.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 2:00 PM
Subject: Re: CV Joint failure - New or Rebuilt?

> I recently tried remanufactured CVs in my '87 and it was a nightmare.
I'll
> spare the details (quality issues).  As we know, swapping CV's is not too
> much fun.  Buy new.  This is money well spent.
>