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Is changing a CV boot a DIY job?

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  • #2
    porsche boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,560 ✭✭✭porsche boy


    With the right tools and knowledge everything is a diy job! Have you ever done this job before? you'll need to separate the cv joint from the shaft unless you have a streaching tool.


  • #3
    The lips
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 491 ✭✭The lips


    Coke bottle can be used as a stretching tool.

    Specific stretchable CV boots are available, last few I used were made by QF I think.


  • #4
    winnie the schtink
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 287 ✭✭winnie the schtink


    you still have to seperate the joint from the hub so you may as well get the proper one


  • #5
    kkelly77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭kkelly77


    Try THIS TYPE of boot. No need to dismantle anything ;)


  • #6
    browniepoints
    Site Banned Posts: 118 ✭✭browniepoints


    kkelly77 wrote: »
    Try THIS TYPE of boot. No need to dismantle anything ;)

    Yes those are a great invention makes life much more easy .

    However for some weird reason it wont work on some of the small vannette cargo type cars with two seats used for micro delivery van .

    I said to my mate last week do the job this way and he told me the the van type version he was working on think it was Citroen or Renault I cant membered he said that type of split boot wont work even it works on the same car version the van version It was was different system with the van .
    It was expensive in his time to fix the van version .


    Jed


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  • #7
    hoodie6029
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,238 ✭✭✭hoodie6029


    Thanks for all the replies guys. Everything under there is looking rusty and seized so I may leave it to a mechanic.
    kkelly77 wrote: »
    Try THIS TYPE of boot. No need to dismantle anything ;)

    Where would I get one for those? My local factors only had the standard type. I'd have no excuse for not doing it with one of those boots.

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  • #8
    visual
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭visual


    hoodie6029 wrote: »


    Where would I get one for those? My local factors only had the standard type. I'd have no excuse for not doing it with one of those boots.


    Ebay you'll find a seller in UK
    probably listed on amazon too


  • #9
    dooroy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 576 ✭✭✭dooroy


    I think some factors stopped supplying the split boot (Bailcast) as they were not a great success - tricky to fit and often leaking soon again despite being glued properly etc .
    There is now a 'stretchy' boot available which is fitted using an air powered tool to get it over the joint .
    It means the joint doesn't have to be removed from the shaft ; some joints are impossible to remove - and would have to be taken off in pieces using an angle grinder.
    In the case of the Golf you will need a large socket ( 1 and 3/16 inch ) to loosen the retaining nut which can be very tight


  • #10
    FISMA
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,616 ✭✭✭FISMA


    hoodie6029 wrote: »
    As the title suggests, could I do this with a reasonable toolkit and knowledge?

    How many miles?


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