[tcb] Re: Shocking!

  • From: "w.wood" <evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 18:48:35 -0400

LOL, yes it never ends..

My oldest son came home for two weeks from his Marine MOS training.  Anyway
he decided to have an argument with his Ford Focus and he blew the head
gasket in it.  *sigh*

Kids.



On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 6:45 PM, sammie smith
<bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Yeah, well, I figure at $50 per hours shop rate I have about a $100,000
> lien on the baja and about $25,000 on the Thing.  And that doesn't count the
> shop rate for parenting which never seems to stop.
>
> --- On *Tue, 5/3/11, kelly dosch <kellydosch@xxxxxxxxx>* wrote:
>
>
> From: kelly dosch <kellydosch@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Subject: [tcb] Re: Shocking!
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2011, 4:28 PM
>
>
>  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<http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=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<http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=ericthomaswoodall@xxxxxxx>
> >* wrote:
>
>
> From: Eric Woodall 
> <ericthomaswoodall@xxxxxxx<http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=ericthomaswoodall@xxxxxxx>>
>
>
> Subject: [tcb] Re: Shocking!
> To: 
> "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>"
> <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> Cc: 
> "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>"
> <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=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<http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=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 
> <<http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx>
> julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx<http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=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,
> <http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=theresabuckner@xxxxxxx>
> theresabuckner@xxxxxxx<http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=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 
> <<http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx>
> julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx<http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> To: tcb < <http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=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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