The Lobro front outer cv joint boot kits you get from Parts Place
($50) or Bus Depot ($17!!) (same kit from what I can see) come with
a front axel nut that is much smaller than the factory front axel
nut--I would guess it is 1/2 the mass and does not inspire
confidence. The nut is supposed to be changed every time you go in
there, for example to work on the diff, change the boots or CVs, or
to change the shocks. I take a skeptical view if this tiny LOBRO nut
and recommend Syncro owners use either a factory nut ($8ish each) or
order a pile of them from Mr. Metric (1-408-286-8816) as I did
($2.25 each).

I showed Gerald Skerbitz the difference between these two nuts when
he stayed here a couple of weeks ago and he was amazed. Mr. Metric
part number 50416, 20 x 1.5 Allmetal w/collar vendor code 1006, Lot
number 507004 from Bossard DIN 980v BN6867. Mr. Metric said I had to
order 50 but they only sent me 20. If the people on the list waiting
for me to shoot them the remaining 30 don't hear from me in the next
few weeks you can assume that 20 is all I am going to get and you
can go ahead and order your own nuts directly from Mr. Metric.
Possibly the other 30 will arive here within a few weeks, hoiwever,
and then I will send them out. Most people seem to want to just have
6 nuts at a time.
________________________________________________________
Derek Drew                              New York, NY & Washington,
DC
drew@interport.net
'90 Syncro Westfalia...
...seen off-road at http://www.tiu.net/~des/vw/drew/index.html

        Also seen at: http://www.pipeline.com/~tforhan/swrange.htm
                     http://4wd.sofcom.com/VW/snow.html
                     http://www.pipeline.com/~tforhan/swmassn.htm
                     http://4wd.sofcom.com/VW/Campers/Campers.html

        Note: most valuable Vanagon sites on the planet (for owners)
are:

http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?S1=vanagon
                    ftp://gerry.vanagon.com/pub/