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<x-charset iso-8859-1>By 69 they were pretty good. Bottoms last about 180K and tops indefinately. and of course it depends on your driving, smooth highways are easy, off roading is hard. Keith > ?? My '69 has (I'm pretty sure) its original ball joints, and they are just > fine. They have plastic plugs for the zerk fittings. Maybe they sometimes > didn't last because people greased them too frequently or over-greased them, > causing the boots to split. I'm doing everything I can to keep my original > ball joints happy. I don't think I'll find OEM quality for $20ea! When I > re-did the ball joints on my old '70, the new joints (Cofap, $25ea I think) > did not feel as stiff as the originals when I wiggled the stems on the > bench. > ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe </x-charset>