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Subject:Re: Cv boots cracking
From:Ben T
Date:Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:16:31 -0700
That's why VW didn't use rubber in some applications. The boots on my Syncro 16" are nylon looking material. I don't think it's white rubber.:-)

BenT

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On Mar 22, 2013, at 12:05 PM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> It's an elasticity issue.  Those folds "fold" every revolution, isn't that
> something like 800,000 times every 1000 miles?  It takes a top quality
> rubber to hold up to this constant flexing.