I don't know the whole history on the Lobros - heard they began making
them in China - and then that stopped after problems. Don;'t know that's
even true that they went to China - but even back when I had my very
first van - a '68 Loaf - the guy that rebuilt my engine told me to stick
strictly with the Lobros,. I have - and never had a bad one. Have to be
diligent with the maintenance, as they are a high stress part, so
routine cleaning and greasing along with keeping good boots on them will
make them last near the life of the engine itself. If there are no tears
in the boots, pulling, cleaning, and re-greasing at 25,000 mile
intervals should do it. Maybe new boots just to make sure nothing
happens before the next service interval.

John

John Rodgers
Clayartist and Moldmaker
88'GL VW Bus Driver
Chelsea, AL
Http://www.moldhaus.com

On 10/19/2011 11:59 PM, Don Hanson wrote:
>    I had a long talk with Peter (?) at Van Cafe about the CV joints for my
> 84.  He still had some of those axle kits, but he said he wouldn't like to
> sell me one, he would prefer to sell me the good ones.  It seems they've had
> a big percentage of failures and problems with those Eastern kits...so much
> so that they will no longer sell them...
>
>    That was good enough info to decide me on getting the Lobros, despite
> their higher cost and more labor...CV and axle replacement is a pretty nasty
> task....when you work off jack stands on an unheated concrete slab, or worse
> yet, out on the roadside somewhere, should one fail while traveling.
>
>    I know nothing of Go Westie's kits.
>
>    Don Hanson
>
> On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Mike Riley<mkriley@fuse.net>  wrote:
>
>> received this from van cafe and can anybody confirm yes or no?
>>
>> "
>> "We now carry only Lobro cv boot and boot kits which has resolved
>> "premature cracking. If anymore questions arise let us know.
>>
>> "Thank You,
>>
>> "Chris
>>
>> "http://www.van-cafe.com  (Vanagon Online Parts Store)
>> "831-426-1244 (Phone)
>>
>> what do you recommend for cv joints, rebuilt axles from go westy?
>> don't want chinese made.
>>
>> what is the currant scoop on the cv situation all the archive stuff is out
>> of date
>> mike
>>
>