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On 11 Feb 2006 at 21:50, Constantino Tobio wrote: > I'm probably going to replace all 4 boots, since the other three > didn't look too great. I'm definetely going to give this one CV an > extra once over and make sure it didn't get ruined. I'd reuse the boots unless there are signs of wear where something has rubbed against them. The original rubber seems to be excellent and I've seen no reason to replace them just due to age. There's always the chance that the replacement will be of inferior quality, so I'd stick with the OE parts unless there's a real reason not to. > Any advice out there other than what's in the repair books? The only CV joint boots I've ever seen fail were those which had rubbed against something and worn thru, but I'm sure that some fail while jousting with road debris. Common culprits are dangling wires and fuel lines. If you have these, just pushing them up won't cure the problem: They'll droop back down exactly like before in a few miles. You have to either shorten the fuel lines or route wires differently. - Jim Adney Madison, WI USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~