Holly and/or Chris wrote:
>
> That was a Honda. Now I drive a '78 Westy that out of 4 CV joints has 1/2
> of a boot. None of the others are covered. It was like this when I got the
> van and I decided once I felt the same tremor that I wouldn't try to the
> save these CV's with grease and boots - I'd see how long the would last in
> the elements. A long time is the answer as they have been on the road with
> me for about a year now and about 9,000 miles. Have been on dirt roads and
> forded a couple of creeks where nothing got wet inside but I am sure the
> CV's did!
>
> Now the contest is to see who gives up first me or the CV. I'm to the point
> where I may have to buy new halfshafts and at least keep them under the
> back seat because they'll probably let go some night on the HWY when it's
> dark and rainy! Happened to me with my '84 Cabrio (and they looked and felt
> healthy - luckily I was just pulling out of the mechanic's parking lot!).
>
Why are you tempting fate like this?  Why wait till it is dark and rainy
and you have to lie in a mud puddle to fix a broken CV?  Why spend the
extra cash on new CVs and half shafts to keep around for when yours go
bad?  Why not have yours rebuilt by a CV rebuilding shop and get a life
time warranty as well?  Its certainly cheaper than having two sets of
halfshafts and more reasuring to know that they aren't going to self
destruct on you when you are out in the middle of nowhere.  I really
wouldn't want to have my trip interupted by having to do the CVs down in
the desert somewhere when i could've had the problem taken care of
before it happens.

i mean, i like to drive my van places to have fun.  Not drive my van
around, waiting to have 'fun' fixing something that couldve been fixed
before hand.  But that's just me.

just my preventive maintenance $0.02 worth,
Fred