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Re: [T3] One more CV-joint question


On 27 Feb 2004 at 17:46, Daniel Baum wrote:

> My drive shafts have a little bump on them, obviously to help seal the 
> end of the boot. Does this bump go inside the boot (in other words, do 
> you have to pull the thin end of the boot over it?), outside the boot 
> (touching the end of the boot to block it off), or under the thin end of 
> the boot (so that the clamp is directly over it)? None of the manuals 
> seems to have this info. All I could find was that late model shafts 
> have two bumps and the thin end of the boot goes between them.

Bentley, ch 1, fig. 3-12. Looks like the single bump is inside the boot. I 
think this will also be obvious once you get the joints bolted in place.

> Tomorrow, weather permitting, I am finally going to put my driveshafts 
> back in.
> 
> BTW, last weekend I replaced my engine mounts. The result is dramatic. 
> the engine is _much_ higher, and all of the old rattles are gone! It 
> sounds almost refined, at least by comparison.

;-)


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