[tcb] Re: Shocking!
- From: sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 12:56:22 -0700 (PDT)
Won't say who, but one of my mechanic friends swears that the Empi swing axle
split boots are the best quality he can get. I really haven't had any real
problem with swing axle boots, but my daughters Thing eats CV boots for lunch,
and my Baja (knock on wood) has never split one; go figure.
--- On Tue, 5/3/11, Eric Woodall <ericthomaswoodall@xxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Eric Woodall <ericthomaswoodall@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [tcb] Re: Shocking!
To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2011, 2:32 PM
Empi is just plain wimpy.
On May 3, 2011, at 2:21 PM, "w.wood" <evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
No, on a bay you have to pull off the whole CV (all the bolts), take the axle
off, remove the clips, the CV Joints.. Get Greasy..
OTOH the Split boots for the swing axles usually are crap too and last about
two weeks in normal use. In general all the the aftermarket boots are just
crap, swing or CV. if you can find original VW OE parts, use them not the
"Empi" stuff for sure.
On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 11:52 AM, Julie <julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I didn't think there was such a thing as replacement CV boots that are split
for a Bay. If i reuse the joints I will need to clean the sand and gravel out
and I'm sure I will find a blackened ball bearing or ugly marks and those sorts
of things and I will frett about them and buy new ones and then I will put it
all back together and be upset when two years from now my boots are ripped
again. Ugh! Am I crazy to think that they should last more than 50,000 miles?
On May 3, 2011, at 9:23 AM, theresabuckner@xxxxxxx wrote:
Julie Most of the new boots that I have seen do not last . It is still
easier to use the " replacement boots " split ones than to pull CVs buy
extra boots On your shocks , if you were a postal employee you would find
a old shock & remove the rubber gromet & use it terry
-----Original Message-----
From: Julie <julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx>
To: tcb <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tue, May 3, 2011 8:47 am
Subject: [tcb] Shocking!
My '71 started making a new noise the other day. Upon further investigation I
see that one of my rear shocks is loose. The nuts and bolts are in place but I
can move it side to side. Shouldn't there be a rubbery bit that holds it more
securely to the bolt? (Any danger if I keep driving it this way for a few more
days, I don't think the shock will fall off?)
So if I should just replace the shocks, I should replace the gosh dang blasted
cv boots. Ugh! They were all replaced like three years ago, the new ones all
fell apart within a year (just bought whatever ones they had at Austin VeeDub).
Then two years ago replaced them with Danish made ones they sell at Wolfsburg
West and now they are falling apart! And if I put new shocks on they will just
be covered with goopy grease in no time.
It is easy to buy those already put together cheapy cv axles/joints/boot things
and just put them on but people tell me they are junk - use the old cv joints
if
they are in good enough shape. But heck at the rate of replacing them every
couple of years, maybe I should just go ahead and buy a case of them!
What grease should I be filling these joints with? Maybe I use the rubber boot
eating grease?
So what shocks should I get?
Should I buy those complete CV axles thingies? Or are they junk?
What kind of grease should I use in the CVs?
Can I do any care to the outside of the CV boots to help keep them from falling
apart so often? Like caress them with Lubridem or Armor All?
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