Re: [FWDLK] Need to borrow someone's spare driveline rubber "dust shield"

[Jan & Roger van Hoy <vanhilla@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Maybe you didn't get it installed right.  Hose clamps don't work too well; 
they're too wide.

--Roger van Hoy


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eastern Sierra Adjustment Svc" <esierraadj@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Jan & Roger van Hoy" <vanhilla@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 1:36 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Need to borrow someone's spare driveline rubber "dust 
shield"


> I've bought those re-popped dust boots, several times, now, and the
> disintegrated-remains on the car, now,
> is one of those 'worthless' re-pops.
>
> Even if the CV joint-guy goes bad, it's nice to know that a replacement
> piece
> is right at a local parts house, and that the replacement  of that guy
> will not involve a lot of purchase-money, installation time,
> and installation CUSSING.
>
> Neil Vedder----and, ain't nobody ever gonna get so far under the car so
> as to notice what type of dust boot
> that you are running.
>
>
>
>
>
> Jan & Roger van Hoy wrote:
> > The rubber boots are being reporduced.  When I get home next month
> > I'll see if I can dig up the information.
> >
> > --Roger van Hoy
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eastern Sierra Adjustment Svc"
> > <esierraadj@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 6:58 PM
> > Subject: [FWDLK] Need to borrow someone's spare driveline rubber "dust
> > shield"
> >
> >
> > > As we all should know, this tubular-triangular corrugated-rubber  guy
> > > is not a  grease seal, but serves to protect....
> > > (very temporarily, before it quickly self-destructs, and which also
> > > happens to be a beotch  to install).... the driveline's
> > > front trunion-joint,  from road dirt, etc.
> > >
> > > I've checked around, and can't seem to find one for sale, right now.
> > >
> > > I'm thinking that I could get a local leather shop to make a fully
> > > functional facsimile of this guy, which might lace-up
> > > around itself, as I have heard that there have been leather dust boots
> > > created, in the past.
> > >
> > > If someone will lend me an example, I will have my shop (if it can be
> > > done, and I don't see why it couldn't be
> > > done) use it as a template to make up a "permanent" leather dust boot,
> > > and will give the 'lender' a free copy
> > > of the leather-guy (along with the return of his rubber-boot!)
> > >
> > > If this project works out, I'll refer the rest of y'all to that shop,
> > > which will have the template(s) to reproduce these
> > > dust boots.
> > >
> > > ..Unless, of course, someone can steer me to a shop which is ALREADY
> > > capable of turning out these leather 'boots'.
> > >
> > >
> > > Neil Vedder
> > >
> > > *************************************************************
> > >
> > > To unsubscribe or set your subscription options, please go to
> > > http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=l-forwardlook&A=1
> >
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > No virus found in this incoming message.
> > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
> > Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.45/2141 - Release Date:
> > 05/29/09 06:28:00


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------



No virus found in this incoming message.
Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.45/2141 - Release Date: 05/29/09 
06:28:00

*************************************************************

To unsubscribe or set your subscription options, please go to
http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=l-forwardlook&A=1