The #'s ,14 Years Of Maintenance.

I'm very surprised you're on the original CV boots, tie rods and ball joints.

Maybe he drives only straight flat roads...lol GW

I can beat that. I drive for a living, I have a 1984 GMC sierra 3500 one ton with 1,020,000 km. Original rear end, drive shaft, and 1 original rotor "don't turn them", the other one broke. The rest of the truck has been replaced part by part.

The original tie rods and ball joints in my 71 T/A at 140,000 miles were in perfect shape. They were all caked with grease so they were definately over lubed. All the rubber bushings were shot after 32 years.

I doubt the replacement parts will last that long.

JCR,

I'm surprised too I have the orig CV Boots. Maybe spraying WD - 40 on them at every oil change has helped preserve them?

No noises heard from the boots

Ball joints & tie rods get greased every 3000. Still seem tight.

Actually the RR ball joint was replaced due to the grease boot disintegrating mysteriously in 1996

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Harry,

Just curious, as you obviously have a very thorough record keeping on your car maintenance. Do you know what the total cost of all these repairs made?

Brian

Brian,

Never kept track of maintenance costs prior to 2002, but I did start keeping a log book in 2002.

Maintenance cost for 2002 were $1746, 2003 was $2431 and 2004 was lower at $1566.

I also have Fuel Cost records going back to 1991. My uncle got me started on checking the MPG every tank.

I think I posted that list a few years ago Maybe you can google it?

Here is what the last three years were.

Those little calender books you see at the office supply store, they look like check books, well I started buying them back in 1980 for keeping track of the everyday mileage, trips I've gone on, what date something was done, deaths, etc, etc. In 1989 is when I started keeping a better account of things, the older calender books are a bit bare.

Today the information in those books, at least the ones I've kept on the Bonneville are priceless, as I'm always consulting them for some piece of information.

For instance, a week ago I consulted the 1984 book to find out the date I saw bare hooters for the first time. LOL, long story.

I'm glad I didn't keep maintenance records from 1996 to 2000 when I owned two cars at once, I'd of gone looney toons if I knew those cost figures

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Bob,

Thats alot of miles o the Sierra. Seems to average out to 48,571 miles a year for 21 years.

WOW !

Hope it isn't Lite Blue Metallic like the 84 Silverado my daddy had, damn paint peeled off down to the primer by 1991.

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