That's great news John - as far as I know I can't get them here though - yet another reason to get the %^*&& out of this country!

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

Hmmmm.....

As soon as I find out what year car that Delivery valve is going to harvest my Annular axles from, maybe I can get a part number????

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Did you just pass my 740 at 200 kmh in a 300SD?????

1978 300SD 'Phil' - 1,315,853 Miles And Counting - 1, 317,885 as of 12/27/2012 - 1,333,000 as of 05/10/2013, 1,337,850 as of July 15, 2013, 1,339,000 as of August 13, 2013



100,000 miles since June 2005 Overhaul - Sold January 25th, 2014 After 1,344,246 Miles & 20 Years of Ownership

That is good info, I'm going to call them.

Yes you can use the Stock Boots because you do not need to stretch them.
However, you would need to find quality type stock Boots. The Stock type Boots on my Cardone Rebuilt Axles lasted about 4 years and started to crack.
I was unable to identify who made the Boots that Cardone used.

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84 300D, 82 Volvo 244Gl Diesel

In the Chart below the Dorman 614-001 is similar to the Astoria 3000
and the 614-003 is similar to the Astoria 3001.

The Dorman Boots have Clamping areas for narrow clamps that are not as wide as the Astoria one.
The Astoria Boots have a wider Clamping area.

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84 300D, 82 Volvo 244Gl Diesel

I have also noticed that - the ones Febi give out look really shiny and plasticy - I'm sure a Magpie would like 'em (but I don't).

The best (cheap) ones I've found so far are made by an English company called QH (Quinton Hazell) => the one I bought were probably old new stock though - don't know what they are like now.

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

Several Months ago I put Dorman Boots on mine but won't know how well they last for several years.

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84 300D, 82 Volvo 244Gl Diesel

Thanks, that is interesting, it seems with all the millions of new boots being put on millions of new CV joints there has to be a manufacturer selling good products. Finding them is the problem. Maybe Astoria sells to other re-sellers? I wonder who is selling new boots to Mercedes, BMW, etc...

Dorman has a whole line of Boots made for specific applications.

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84 300D, 82 Volvo 244Gl Diesel

I just did this on my SD. Used the the Astoria boots and tool.

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I'm not a doctor, but I'll have a look.

'85 300SD 245k
'87 300SDL 251k
'90 300SEL 326k

Six others from BMW, GM, and Ford.

Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty.[/IMG]

Was that the Pneumatic Tool or the Cone that Astoria sells?

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84 300D, 82 Volvo 244Gl Diesel

That giant pneumatic job.

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I'm not a doctor, but I'll have a look.

'85 300SD 245k
'87 300SDL 251k
'90 300SEL 326k

Six others from BMW, GM, and Ford.

Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty.[/IMG]

Thank God I don't need that for annulars!!!!!

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Did you just pass my 740 at 200 kmh in a 300SD?????

1978 300SD 'Phil' - 1,315,853 Miles And Counting - 1, 317,885 as of 12/27/2012 - 1,333,000 as of 05/10/2013, 1,337,850 as of July 15, 2013, 1,339,000 as of August 13, 2013



100,000 miles since June 2005 Overhaul - Sold January 25th, 2014 After 1,344,246 Miles & 20 Years of Ownership

Oh come on! Call yourself a mechanic? When has a mechanic not wanted a new toy? Just imagine the havoc you could cause with pneumatic pincers...

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

True,

But I always look for a simpler way to fix things when possible. I like how you can just slip the annulars apart to re-boot..

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Did you just pass my 740 at 200 kmh in a 300SD?????

1978 300SD 'Phil' - 1,315,853 Miles And Counting - 1, 317,885 as of 12/27/2012 - 1,333,000 as of 05/10/2013, 1,337,850 as of July 15, 2013, 1,339,000 as of August 13, 2013



100,000 miles since June 2005 Overhaul - Sold January 25th, 2014 After 1,344,246 Miles & 20 Years of Ownership