no, rubber and old age aren't a winning combination On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 10:30 AM, archer <arche...@embarqmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Gary, > I put two used half-axles on the car; one from Kaleb that's very good; and > one bought locally that looks borderline. Kept the leaking half axles and > will probably fix them with Astoria Flexx boots and gun when needed. The > boots are relatively cheap and the gun is about $300 (see below). > Considering the cost of freight nowadays, the Flexx gun might be a good > investment; especially since the boots on a 20 plus years old replacement > axle aren't going to be very long lived anyway. > Gerry > ------------------------------------------- From: "Gary Hurst" < > jabbahur...@gmail.com > >> there was a guy back in the day who designed, made and sold really nice >> split boots for mercedes. i haven't heard anything about him in many >> years. >> >> your practical choices really would be to replace the boots before they >> actually tear as once dirt gets into the joint, the split boot isn't going >> to help you, or to just wait the halfshaft to fail and then >> repair/replace. >> i generally choose the latter. you'll know it pretty definitively when >> they >> are broken as the noise is pretty spectacular. >> >> On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 11:26 PM, archer <arche...@embarqmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Mitch, >>> No, didn't. Thanks. From the Diesel Giant site, looked up "Mercedes >>> Flexx >>> boot" on Google and found this from Peachparts: >>> http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=251168&page=4 >>> The name Astoria sticks in my mind, so the boot I ordered may be a >>> Flexxboot. (Don't remember where I put it offhand.) >>> Keeping these URLs for when I get around to putting the boot on one of >>> the >>> removed half-axles. >>> Gerry >>> ------------------------------------ >>> >>> archer wrote: >>>> >>>> Ordered one of the "stretch-on" boots... >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Gerry, did you see the old "Diesel Giant" article on those? >>>> http://www.dieselgiant.com/mercedesaxleshaftbootreplace.htm >>>> Mitch >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: < >> http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090831/beb65573/attachment.html >> > >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.72/2337 - Release Date: 08/31/09 > 05:50:00 > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090831/87a6dc58/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
