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Subject:Re: Source for reliable axle assemblies
From:Dennis Jowell
Date:Tue, 13 Jan 2015 06:13:37 -0500

Quick question is FLAPS like a NAPA store out here in New England? 

Dennis Jowell
Scotch Hollow Farm
Newbury, Vermont 

> On Jan 12, 2015, at 8:23 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> I don't know what your situation is exactly, but if this applies to it, you
> can go to a FLAPS and buy a needle injector that will snap onto your grease
> gun. This will penetrate the rubber boot and apply grease to the CV joint.
> Not perfect, massaging the boot will help. If simple lubrication is your
> problem, this technique, if done right with say 15 strokes of the gun,
> could help. If you have some other problem, it's won't help. Sounds like
> you are getting to your early, though.
> 
> Jim
> 
>> On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 4:03 PM, John Seehorn <jseehorn@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks for all of the suggestions.  I did check for loose bolts and found
>> a couple loose on the RH side outer.  I'm positive they were tight at
>> installation and tightening them did not make the noise go away.  So I
>> suspect that the RH axle is the one causing the noise.  I'm going to try
>> swapping the axles first.
>>