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CV Boot Split All Way Around After Less Than 6 Months!!!

ReganAndCarter said:
Thanks again for your suggestions. Will put one or two of them to the garage tomorrow, but always always wary of trying teach granny how to suck eggs.

This will poss be the last attempt before I take drastic action like spending more money on a new shaft. This problem is sapping my will.

4 pages already for a cv boot!! :eek:
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I have never undertaken this type of replacement myself, but perhaps a new shaft is not that drastic. If you can go by this Scotty Kilmer video (starts around 7m 35s) it would appear that in the US the usual remedy to CV problems - either joint wear or knackered gaiter - is to replace the whole shaft. It does not appear that expensive and perhaps the labour time is less than dealing with the specific joint itself. Clearly it is a much different market there to the UK, but perhaps this option is ultimately less trouble. ;)
 
chainsaw_masochist said:
I have never undertaken this type of replacement myself, but perhaps a new shaft is not that drastic. If you can go by this Scotty Kilmer video (starts around 7m 35s) it would appear that in the US the usual remedy to CV problems - either joint wear or knackered gaiter - is to replace the whole shaft. It does not appear that expensive and perhaps the labour time is less than dealing with the specific joint itself. Clearly it is a much different market there to the UK, but perhaps this option is ultimately less trouble. ;)
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Thanks for the info. Yes, with hindsight I would have binned the shaft for an easy life. When a problem crops up like this, you tend to get committed to trying to solve it. This is the last attempt at a boot on this occasion. The cost of all the boots thrown at it must come to more than a decent new shaft, not inc. the man hours, fuel getting there and back, etc, etc, etc. Will defintely put new shaft in, as it is wasting an inordinate amount of everyone's time.
 
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To the garage today, again. :rolleyes:

Dropped van off early this morning. Bloke on reception said they would take shaft off, strip, degrease, inspect, reassemble and regrease. Then fit yet another (number 7 :eek: ) new boot - another OEM Fiat item. Then take it for extended test drive, stopping off in a car park for some circular, full-lock action.

Picked it up in afternoon and they said they had done eveything they said and no problems. So far.

As ever, very grateful for everyone's help and advice on this one. Watch this space!
 
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No cause for alarm - my CV boots are fine.

Just thought I would tack this video onto the thread and ask if the bolt removal method is possible on all CV joints? Is it a method you use? Do many shafts have a thread inside them? Seems a lot less likely to cause damage than a hammer.

 
ReganAndCarter said:
Just thought I would tack this video onto the thread and ask if the bolt removal method is possible on all CV joints? Is it a method you use?
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Usually if the CV joint has an internal thread and is tightened up with a bolt, yes. If it has an external thread and it’s tightened up with a nut, no. You’ll see that the joint in the video has no external thread.
 
Yours will be the solid ended, large nut driveshaft, I feel sure.
You can still whack the joint off though - its held there with a 'snap ring' that obligingly retracts into it's groove when assaulted.
John :)
 
Thanks to the three experts. Just to repeat, my joints and boots are fine. No repairs needed. I was just interested in the method I saw on Youtube. Most people knock the joints off the shaft, and I wondere why they wouldn't use the bolt method. Now I see that it's only useful if you have an internally threaded shaft.
 
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