[tcb] Re: Shocking!
- From: Eric Woodall <ericthomaswoodall@xxxxxxx>
- To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 15:08:08 -0500
I haven't really bad any problems with Empi swing axle split boots either.
Just thought it sounded funny. :-)
On May 3, 2011, at 2:56 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?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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