[tcb] Re: Shocking!
- From: Julie <julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 10:52:06 -0500
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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