Damn CV Boots (91 200) (Rant)

[Fred Munro]

Ryan;

    I sold my '91 200q at 280,000 km - it still had the original CV boots in
good condition.
    The CV boots on my '94 S4 are fine at 130,000 km.
    The OEM boots should last a long time. Are you replacing them with
cheaper aftermarket boots?

Fred Munro
'94 S4

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ryan Gemmill" <Gemmill at mail.flashmail.com>
To: <Quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 8:12 PM
Subject: Damn CV Boots (91 200) (Rant)


> Quats...
>
> Today I noticed that my left cv boot is cracked once again. I mean, I've
> only replaced each of these about 10 times.  Ok, maybe that's an
> exagerration, but still these things are CONSTANTLY cracking and spewing
> their guts out to let the joint get nice and dry. And why does it seem
that
> it is always german, or really european cars that have this problem...
I've
> seen Chevy's that go 50,000 miles without this happening. It's ludacris.
>
> Anyway... does anybody have a better solution than just replacing them? I
> don't know how to do it myself or I'd try it; I'm mostly worried about
> screwing something up.
>
> That's all... thanks for the rant. Oh, car in question is a 1991 200 fwd.
>
> Take care,
> Ryan Gemmill
> 91 200
>