Let me rephrase that. Never have I seen evidence of either water or dirt in
an INTACT CV joint.

The constant splitting of this new rubber product everyone has gone to is
what has me concerned.

Jim

On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 4:08 PM, James Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:

> Never have I seen evidence of either water or dirt in a cv joint.
>
> Jim
>
>
>
>
> On Aug 30, 2011, at 3:53 PM, Mike <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET> wrote:
>
> > ...not to mention dirt!
> > Flexibility is handled by the corrugations of the boot, not sliding in
> the
> > small end! So clamp them; yes!
> >
> > Mike B.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mike S
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 2:32 PM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Re: clamps for cv boots, ridged washers for cv bolts
> >
> > At 11:16 AM 8/30/2011, Jim Felder wrote...
> >> Johnson Foreign Auto, my local Vanagon gurus, does not use an inside
> >> clamp
> >> or tie. They claim, and I agree, that the grease should be clinging to
> >> the
> >> joint and not loose in the boot enough to come out onto the axle and
> >> that
> >> has been my experience in 21 years of vanagon ownership.
> >
> > Keeping water out is the concern, not keeping grease in.
>