RE: 85 Coupe GT wheels

["Avi Meron" <avi@cosmoslink.net>]

NO IT'S NOT alarmist at all.........................
There is a way to do things right, and a different way?.....
The right way is to fix the boot ASAP, at least my (extremely humble
opinion!) says that it's not a good idea to run a CV joint without grease,
bearings (most of them anyway)like to run with grease, especially the ones
that are designed for it....
Avi
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> [mailto:owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net]On Behalf Of Douglas Hurst
> Quebbeman
> Sent: Sunday, July 05, 1998 5:42 AM
> To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> Subject: RE: 85 Coupe GT wheels
>
>
> > "Black gunk" is a very alarming sign.............could be grease leaking
> > from your CV boots............check your CV boots REAL close to
> see if you
> > have a slit or a tear on the boot, DON'T DELAY!!!!!!!!!!
>
> Don't you think that's a little alarmist? I've been driving my
> Coupe for a year
> or so (except when I'm driving the quattro) with a CV joint with
> a boot that
> is basically gone. It's not clicking yet, and when it goes, it's
> ok, this is
> just about the easiet CV joint to replace of any car I've ever worked on.
>
> Just my not-so-humble opinion....   -Doug Q
> --
> -Douglas Hurst Quebbeman (dougq@iglou.com)       [Call me "Doug"]
>     QuattroClub USA# 4536     Audi International # 100024
>        74 100LS Auto,     84 Coupe GT
>        77 100LS Auto,     86 5Kcstq QLCC 1.8bar
> "The large print giveth, and the small print taketh away."  -Tom Waits
>