Bad experience with aftermarket part.
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From: Cambridge Ontario Canada
Bad experience with aftermarket part.
You getr what you pay for... so true.
I am not going into great detail as the wounds are still fresh but I tried to use EMPI CVjoint boots. I didn't notice until too late that 2 of the four boots had been spot welded with the re-enforcing ring around the boot not lined up with the tinware cover. So after I got my CV joinnts installed on the shaft, greased up and packed and under the car on my back , the fun began , and of course I had one bad boot on each axle . ( insult to injury ) a 2 hour instalation turned into a 8 hour nightmare due to crappy QC on the part of EMPI . Sometimes it's just not as easy as send it back and well send you another . I had to forge forward and press on , but I will not be surprised when the fillings I got in the boot will destroy my new CV joints from trying to ream out the holes.
Oh well
Maybe with this heads up I will feel good if I can help somone else spend 30 seconds inspecting before the job starts and avoid this nightmare.
I am not going into great detail as the wounds are still fresh but I tried to use EMPI CVjoint boots. I didn't notice until too late that 2 of the four boots had been spot welded with the re-enforcing ring around the boot not lined up with the tinware cover. So after I got my CV joinnts installed on the shaft, greased up and packed and under the car on my back , the fun began , and of course I had one bad boot on each axle . ( insult to injury ) a 2 hour instalation turned into a 8 hour nightmare due to crappy QC on the part of EMPI . Sometimes it's just not as easy as send it back and well send you another . I had to forge forward and press on , but I will not be surprised when the fillings I got in the boot will destroy my new CV joints from trying to ream out the holes.
Oh well
Maybe with this heads up I will feel good if I can help somone else spend 30 seconds inspecting before the job starts and avoid this nightmare.
