Mine come apart in the good clean Alabama air. I have heard LOTS of
complaints on this list about bad CV boot rubber in the last few years. But
the dealer suggestion is a good one. But by the way, the leather boot idea
was not intended to be temporary, but lifetime. It wouldn't take fifteen
minutes to make a couple of them to try.

Jim

On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 7:08 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> hey ..
> maybe it's the ozone  or other pollution in southern California eating the
> boots.
> worth considering.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Felder" <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 3:13 PM
>
> Subject: Re: clamps for cv boots, ridged washers for cv bolts
>
>
>  I am having my local shop save me some of the metal parts of discarded
>> boots. I am going to try to sew up some leather (or even waterproof nylon)
>> boots to replace the rubber.
>>
>>
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 4:48 PM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:
>>
>>  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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>