I agree about NAPA.  I have also been impressed recently by Auto Value.

Larry A.

On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 7:31 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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