True. They are more like the old-school parts places. The people they hire
tend to actually know what they are talking about, and the selection is
great. I really got a lot of help from the NAPA out here in Madison when  I
needed to find the right parts to recreate a diesel vanagon dipstick tube.

Jim
On Jan 13, 2015 6:25 AM, "Tom Hargrave" <thargrav@hiwaay.net> wrote:

> Yes, but in my opinion NAPA is one of the better chains.
>
> Thanks, Tom Hargrave
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
> Dennis Jowell
> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 5:14 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Source for reliable axle assemblies
>
> 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.
> >>
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