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Subject:Re: NAPA - Syncro axles $82/ - any good?/reply
From:Sean Bartnik
Date:Fri, 11 Sep 1998 19:07:15 PDT

>Keep in mind that at least in the rear of a Type 2
>or Vanagon a new Lobro will run somewhere around
>$80+ or so dollars for just a single CV.   At $82 for
>an axle... well.... you pays your money and takes
>your chances.

Actually the Lobro joints for Buses and at least early Vanagons can be
gotten from Bus Depot for $50 each.  If you really need them, you may
have to go local, in which case you will probably pay close to $65 each.
But that's just the joints, not the boot kits or driveshaft.  So $82 per
axle does sound suspiciously low.  But hey, with a lifetime warranty --
depends on how many times you want to get under there and do the CV
replacement job! :-)

Sean Bartnik
Fairfax, Virginia
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'81 Vanagon L Westfalia
'74 Karmann Ghia convertible
http://www.type2.com/bartnik/tech.htm

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