and as a reminder of how great they are, clean an old one up, re-assemble it and spray
it with clear lacquer or other sealer and keep it on your desk or workbench as a
paperweight and to store pens and pencils in the holes.
Jerry in AZ (no, the heat hasn't gotten to me, yet)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jake de Villiers" <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 4:36 PM
Subject: Re: CV boot or axle?

> I agree Brendan - CV joints are such amazing pieces of human thinking, as
> are differentials and gearboxes.
>
> On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Brendan Slevin <totorovan@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > Ha!  No no no.  Not in the Tim Taylor, big powerful tool way, in the this a
> > cool piece of engineering and I can help it live a long, happy life and not
> > end up as scrap somewhere.  When I do need to replace one, though, you can
> > bet the old one will be cleaned and sitting on my desk to fiddle with while
> > trying to work out some other problem. :)