Rockford CV boot for a Vanagon?

[Ahwahnee]

I wish I knew what brand of boots I used in 2003 - those are still fine. I'll look for any name or mfg marks.

I never use a clamp on the small end.

[shagginwagon83]

I bought a set from T3 technique with 3 bellows and they failed within a year. I now have a 4 bellow rockford boot that I bought from Van Cafe. I think its very important that these boots are 4 bellow, like the one below, instead of 3 and also crimping them onto the 'rings' of the axle.
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"Jo Ann" - '83.5 Westfalia EJ22e w/Peloquin

[Ekayser]

Just had 3 out 4 new Rockford CV boots fail, only a month old. It appears to be a manufacture issue, the CV grease came out where the rubber boot is clamped to the flange. Either the clamp was not tighten enough or the flange was not round so unequal clamp pressure. Called Rockford they blew me off. And The supplier T Technique I purchased them from also blew me off.

[vanagonjr]

I found this brand quite awhile ago (ironically on Rock Auto at the time) and did some research and felt they might be the way to go. Fast forward to this week, and decided to get them. I bought them from T3 Technique along with enough other stuff for free shipping.
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[Farfrumwork]

"Old" boots (failed outer boot, complete with Moab dust) - Rockfords poised for install.

Newly booted

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[Farfrumwork]

Rockfords are great!

I've them on my rear axles for years now (thousands of miles) and have just replace the failed boots on my new van cafe front axles (lasted 1.5yr ) this summer with Rcokfords too (sourced fromT3). Nice boots that wear well and aren't that much $

~1" Lifted syncro, stock sized LOBRO front CV's and axles & Empi 'race' rear CV's with torsion axles.

I won't worry about boots for a while
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sold -> '85 Wolfsburg Syncro / 'Built' DOHC EJ25 (a great machine!)
'07 Legacy spec.B, road tuned stgII
'17 4x4 Sprinter, stone grey, SMB pop-top, on 33"s

"Blood stains, speed kills - Fast cars, cheap thrills - Rich girls, fine wine - I've lost my sense, I've lost control, I've lost my mind"

[supdude]

Thanks all. I'm picking up the Rockford's today.

My, I'm guessing Lobro boots, have failed on one joint so far and the rest look cracked as I serviced them. They were 2 years old.
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[metropoj]

I bought mine from Scott at germansupply.com

I have 5000 miles on them (only) so far, but no issues yet.

2WD Westy not modified in any way from stock.
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John.
86 TiiCo powered Westy.

[bus2]

Hello all

I have had a set of Rockford CV inner and outer boots on the front of my 1990 Syncro (Go Westy lift springs) for over two years and thousands of miles without any problems. Customer service at Rockford was great.
The other common name brand boots I put on before didn't make it a year.

Hope this helps
Bus2

[Gnarlodious]

I have the Rockfords and they are thicker that the cheaper boots. They’re also a good bit stiffer and so are harder to flex to get the axles bolted in. I’m sure they use more power to flex, especially for lifted vans that see more axle angle.
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[Gruppe B]

[Sodo]

Who has details about the Silicone boots, are those working out? Where to get them?
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[supdude]

Is this a good thread to bump?

The boots that came with my GoWesty rebuilt CV's are failing on me. I'm thinking rockford, since GoWesty stocks them as their "heavy duty" 2WD CV boot kit.

Ok, now I'll do a search.
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[tikiman71]

Hi Ryan, how have your Rockford CV boots been holding up from your post above? I need some boots ASAP and am still debating the best current product....

Thanks in advance for any input you have!

Adam
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1987 Westfalia GL

[Ryan Alfonso]

Didn't TOTALLY squander the presidents' day holiday... Took the 8 hours necessary to swap out all the CV's. Nice new lobros and some stout looking Rockford boots. I found their customer service to be perfectly acceptable. Talked to a really nice lady on the phone. #339-22 (the 22 is the code for the entire kit, with grease, no bolts), the boots themselves say 339-4 on 'em.

I wasn't able to find any pics of this set up, so here y'all go. These pics appear to all be upside down, but whatever...

I'll keep you posted on how they wear.

-Ry in HMB, CA

[Randy in Maine]

Been here?

http://www.germansupply.com/home/customer/product.php?productid=17211&cat=354&page=2

http://www.germansupply.com/home/customer/product.php?productid=16640&cat=354&page=2

You may want to send Scott a PM to see what he can do for you.

[tclark]

[Ryan Alfonso]

anyone have a good vendor for these things? I've got GW lift springs and think it might be a good idea to but better boots on there to handle the added flex. Where can I score a set of 4 x 339-22 ?

[tclark]

heads up here
Rockford may make good boots BUT they complete suxx when dealing direct
BUY from any of their retailers
I got quoted $34.95 per each 339-22 boot kit
the retail price from their distributors is $19.95 eg german supply, thecvman.com or any other you might find
I found it really odd that before i got to the order desk for the quote a sales guys told me they cant compete in the boot price war with off shore ..
and the businesss was going away,
jeeh he should said how GREAT the quality was & how you dont have to to the cv R&R as frequent as with the offshore even LOWBRO
yah team
DONT DEAL DIRECT
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85 GL 1.9, auto (for sold)

[tclark]

OK this an update I spent way too much time on the phone with rockfordcv today
& we figured out what boot they should sell for the vanagon drum roll please ...

its a rockford 339-22 kit this is a cv with the 4 bellows & is about 3/4"+ longer than the 814-21
(that website says is good but word on the street is it too small)

OK see here
http://www.rockfordcv.com/PDF%20Downloads/Boot_Assemblies.PDF
The 339 is boot they list for a
1992-1996 Volkswagen Corrado
1995-1996 Volkswagen Golf III
1995-1996 Volkswagen Jetta III
1990-1997 Volkswagen Passat

Note in the above catalog
339-4 is just a boot
339-4A is an assembly ie a boot with the flange
339-22 is boot, flange, & clamps assembled like youd buy the lobro/empi etc

Key here is that it is not a compression fit of the boot to the flange
but clamp and a metal ridge so thinking is that the boot is gonna tear before its going get spun off the flange if the clamp is torqued up and if it does come off the clamp i am just re-clamping not a full cv r & r


so there ya go and i gonna order 2 units to see if this will fix the spun boots i have experienced
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=202052
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89 Westy with TDI AHU 1.9 manual lots of mods
85 GL 1.9, auto (for sold)