Depends on the Chinese producer and there are some out there that are
absolute garbage.  My Westy has been a guinea pig for VWG for both Chinese
CV Joints and CV Boots/Hdw from a particular manufacturer (that happens to
supply to both Lobro & VW in China) for the past 4 years with about 35K on
them.  Checked and did a minor repacking on them almost year ago and they're
still doing just fine.  With the miles I usually put on Ole Putt (with a
packed trailer I might add), I would have probably wanted Lobro, but after
being talked into them by my boss (and I'm not easily convinced
normally) I've been pretty happy with them so far.  Remember I live in my
Westy Full Time (9 years on March 1st), so reliability (and mobility) is
paramount.

But like they always say - YMMV
--
Jim Thompson
84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
73 K Ghia Coupe "Denise"
72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
oldvolkshome@gmail.com
http://www.oldvolkshome.com
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PS:  One would assume that just because I work for VWG I would be biased,
but I'm not.  I've worked in this biz long enough to continue to have an
skeptic/objective (and "fussier" than most) mind about stuff like this.
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On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 6:19 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:

> I went through the horror recently of replacing all my CV joints with new
> ones---from china. At least they were free, that's the only good thing
> about
> them. But they are still junk, so I have rebuilt my originals except the
> one
> I had to replace altogether.
> The chinese ones don't have any indication of direction, so they are no
> help
> to look at. But the OEM ones have an embossed side of the center hub (a
> raised area) and a flat side.
>
> Which goes in/out?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim