good zip ties work fine.
I have not seen that grease comes out,
or water/crud gets in, even with no zip tie or clamp.

Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Hargrave" <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 6:46 PM
Subject: Re: clamps for cv boots, ridged washers for cv bolts

> Some of the VW replacement boots came with what look like large plastic
> ZIP
> ties - I've put them on several BUG axles and never had a problem with
> them.
>
> Thanks, Tom Hargrave
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Mike South
> Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 2:14 PM
> To: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
> Subject: clamps for cv boots, ridged washers for cv bolts
>
> Hi,
>
> I am happy to report that I have just placed my Zetec in my '85 Westy.
> Not
> even completely bolted in yet but soooo much better than "hanging on the
> hoist in the garage" stage I've been at for quite some time.
>
> Anyway--the cvs boots I have are the kind where the big end just bolts on.
> Anyone have a recommendation for the small end of the boot?  I had to
> switch axles because I'm also doing the AT->MT conversion on this van and
> the AT axels are different.  At least one of the 8 boots was on with a zip
> tie.  I didn't see any clamps specifically for this at my FLAPS so I
> thought
> I would ask the list.
>
> Also, the place I had do it when I first bought the van apparently didn't
> put the little washers on the cv bolts (the wide, two-per-bolt,
> washer-like
> things were there, however, I'm just talking about the circular ones).  I
> have only put a couple of bolts in on each side (just enough to determine
> the left-right placement of the engine in the van), using the washers
> scavenged from my MT donor van.  I noticed that the washers are
> specialized,
> with little diagonal grooves or ridges on them, which makes me wonder if
> they are important, and what the purpose of those grooves are.
>
> Anyone know?
>
> Thanks,
>
> mike
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