Must be why I just keep good CV joint boots in service.
They don't make 'em like they used to apparently.
Though I have not had a new Lobro CV joint kit boot fail either.

----- Original Message -----
From: "mark drillock" <mdrillock@COX.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 2:48 PM
Subject: Re: clamps for cv boots, ridged washers for cv bolts

>I have had a lot of early failures of replacement boots myself and would
> love to find a source for boots that would last even 1/4th as long as
> the originals did. I have had new boots rot off a parked van inside of a
> year, parked next to a van with 20+ year old original boots still
> intact. I have wondered if it the grease, the rubber, both, or what?
>
> I don't see much need for clamping the small ends either. I guess if you
> drive a lot in deep water it might make a difference.
>
> Mark
>
> Jim Felder wrote:
>> 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
>>