12 replies to this topic

[danny]

Hi I have a split CV boot which I need to replace, what's the general opinion on stretchy cv boot kits or should I just do the job properly and fit a normal replacement CV Boot :)

 

Many thanks

Dan

[Gadgets]

Do it properley fit a replacement one peice boot.

[danny]

thought so ill pick one up this weekend

 

oh and thanks for the reply :)

Edited by danny, 25 February 2014 - 10:39 AM.

[Dusky]

Is it split for a long time ? lots of dirt in the cv?

[mk1leg]

as above you might need a new CV.........

[minimat]

Do it right, it only takes an hour.

[Icey]

If it's been open for more than a few miles I'd be tempted to flush the grease out and repack it with fresh. It's a messy job but doesn't take long and it might save you doing the job twice.

[Dusky]

Should indeed proper regrease, but as I already said : when it waas open for too long it is probably : byebye cv..

[cradley-heathen]

i have used stretchy boots on loads of cars, but not on minis where the c.v comes off the end so easily anyway.

[tiger99]

They come off most cars just as easily. I have never seen the need for a stretchy boot, on every FWD car that I have owned, which was 3 Minis, 1 Cavalier, 1 Astra, 1 Maestro and 1 Focus. The Minis, at least 2 of them, did the highest mileages, and needed new CVs a couple of times, but with all the others I was fortunate in only needing boots and grease every time. I did a few cars for friends too, I think one or two VWs and can't remember what else, but they were all fairly similar.

 

I have yet to see a CV that is not held on in the same way as in the Mini, with a spring clip, and in many cases the hub comes off without a ball joint splitter, which makes the job easier than the Mini.

 

In some of thses cars, particularly the Vauxhalls, the inner pots or tripode joints have an end stop, so that when you give the shaft a good tug, the inner member acts on it like a slide hammer and yanks the joint out of the diff with no fuss or bother. One of the others, I forget which, had bolted flanges at that end, also easy.

[Captain Mainwaring]

I've purchased the stretchy type boots for use on a Pajero - they were just fine, saved a lot of work.

[jaydee]

Use genuine unipart CV boots, the cheap alternatives dont last long.

If a boot lasts only a few miles i call it false economy.

[sonikk4]

If the boot has been split for sometime and there has been dirt ingress then it may pay you to replace the CV joint as well. It does not take long for the dirt to mix with the grease and turn it into a nice form of grinding paste.