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Subject:Re: clamps for cv boots, ridged washers for cv bolts
From:Mike S
Date:Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:58:06 -0400

At 04:07 PM 8/31/2011, Alistair Bell wrote...
>if non stock tire/wheel size increases the "resting angle" of the cv
>joints over the stock set up, then the boots will be flexed more
>during everyday driving.

How would changing the wheel/tire size change the angle, which is
dependent only on the amount of sprung weight (all else being
constant)? i.e. a larger diameter tire would end up raising not only
the wheel hub, but the whole vehicle.

Beyond that, tire/wheels size changes are almost always done so that
the rolling radius stays very close to stock. So - not even a change in
how far the hub center is from the ground.