Actually, where Mark lives, the air isn't very polluted. Less than a
mile from the ocean, and 98% of the time the wind is onshore.

Probably some mysterious flesh- and rubber-eating stuff they put on the
roads down in Baja.

--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
Bend, Ore.
1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people.
1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer ca. 1972 from a defunct company in
San Clemente, Calif., now repurposed as The Westrailia.

Sent from my kitchen.

On 08/30/2011 05:08 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans 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
>>>>
>>>>