Stool Pigeon! ________________________________ From: w.wood <evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tue, May 3, 2011 3:34:23 PM Subject: [tcb] Re: Shocking! Okay, it's your Daughter's Baja and she'd like it back. She told me one time. Oh and she wants you to get your busses out of her garage! LOL I like the 930 CV joints and boots. You pay for them, trust me, you pay for them, but they never wear out. On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 3:56 PM, sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 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? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>>-- >>>My Email Moniker >>>http://www.findinternettv.com/Video,item,1570570433.aspx >>> -- My Email Moniker http://www.findinternettv.com/Video,item,1570570433.aspx