Damn CV Boots (91 200) (Rant)

[james accordino]

--- Ryan Gemmill <Gemmill at mail.flashmail.com> wrote:
> 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.

I've actually found the exact oposite to be true.  The
O.E. boots (Lobro or GKN) last forever.  O.K.-10 yrs.
or more and 150k easy.  The only ones I've seen with
REALLY short life spans like you describe are the POS
replacements like they put on those "remanufactured"
axle shafts.  That rubber really sucks, but they still
outlive the junk overground CV's.

My $.02
Jim Accordino