On 1/13/2015 7:49 AM, Larry Alofs wrote:
> 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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>>> 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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+1 for Auto Value.  I think they are a conglomerate of old school auto
parts storesusing that franchise/warehouse.  Our old school auto parts
chain here in Iowa, Arnold Motor Co. is tied with them and still pretty
much the sameshop it was 40 years ago, except a lot of their tools are
taiwan now(yeah, I'm a Chinaphobe....and proud of it)......

DM&FS