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<x-charset iso-8859-1>I got Boots from a VW dealer in Germany when My mother was visiting there 15 years ago... about $3.50 ea... wonder if they still have them?? anyone tried calling VW?? Keith Keith Park Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback (with no empty nipples!) 65 Notchback (still suckin its gas!) 65 Squareback 75 Opel 87 Golf 88 Rx7 10th Anniversary ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 4:31 PM Subject: Re: [T3] Ball joints > On 30 Jan 2002, at 9:42, JaransonT3@aol.com wrote: > > > The ball joints felt good still with no play. I had four good boots on the > > old front end from my '71 Fasty. I removed them and used them on the > > Square. The procedure was straight forward, just as the Bentley manual > > described. I will be adding grease fittings to my ball joints since they > > have the small plastic plugs in them now. > > Glad this turned out okay. BTW, VW's instructions on the ball joints, to avoid > the chance that someone would overgrease them, was to install the zerks, > grease appropriately, remove the zerks, reinstall the plastic plugs. > > Repeat every 100,000 miles. ;-) <I made this part up.> > > > I also noticed that the tie rod boots are shot. I will be replacing them > > next. > > I find that this is pretty common. I have not been able to find correct > replacement boots. Anyone have a source. The VW parts list and WCM's > catalog are BOTH wrong: What they both supply are boots for the earlier > ends with the smaller taper pins. The early boots don't last long when > stretched over the late joints. > > - > Jim Adney > jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, WI 53711-3054 > USA > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe > > </x-charset>