sounds great then !
go for it.
a new product perhaps for vanagon owners !

cow leather or what ?
Elk ?
Moose ?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Felder" <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 5:27 PM
Subject: Re: clamps for cv boots, ridged washers for cv bolts

> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>