Blr243 wrote:Was doin a tyre rotation this morning noticed a split boot about midway along. Half circular split not all the way. Going away for a hunting for a week Monday night don’t have time to fix it. After I leave the bitumen I have 20 k of dirt then I’m at the property gate if I can brave the cold during the night and stick to my quad bike I can not use my hilux until I drive back onto the bitumen. ( to minimise dust entry. ) boot still contains lots grease. Can I just split a new boot over it and duct tape and cable ties? I won’t be engaging 4wd so it’s not goin to be spinning ...
JSS wrote:That sucks, and yes you can throw another boot over it, but if you don't want to cut another boot you can just sikaflex the split together, let it go off overnight then duct or race tape around it. I've seen it done before and I'd be very surprised if it didn't go the distance.until you got home.
Blr243 wrote:This is sounding good. Never heard of brake cleaner. Super cheap is ten mins away. If I don’t want to use brake cleaner I’m thinking a rag and hot soapy water. And then the black tape.
Blr243 wrote:Blade, your emphasis on how great brake cleaner is was enough to make me go get some. AZZA can u please re phrase I’m having trouble understanding your sentence? Lebner. I will research the split boot option. The first time I tried my own cv boot I did something wrong and it had a flow on effect with damage to other things. It caused me a ton of inconvenience. Broke down in the middle of no where and could not get parts for days. spent money on accomodation it happened three times brake line and wheel bearing damage and a the list goes on a total nightmare...( and at one stage the Ute slipped of the jack rolled back and nearly crushed me too. It was the fastest I ever moved from underneath a vehicle) .....even if a split boot kit is not as good as a conventional unit it might get me out of trouble. For now ........am grateful for the advice!
AZZA'S HJ47 wrote:Blr243 there are stretch cv boots that you can use. The great thing is you dont have to take the cv appart to replace the boot. The tool speads the boot and presto nice quick cv boot replacement.
bladeracer wrote:AZZA'S HJ47 wrote:Blr243 there are stretch cv boots that you can use. The great thing is you dont have to take the cv appart to replace the boot. The tool speads the boot and presto nice quick cv boot replacement.
My mechanic at the time swore by these stretch boots, loved them, but I've never used them myself. If the boot is torn I prefer to take the time to inspect the joint thoroughly.
Blr243 wrote:Ta for the link TT. i now have so many options. I have been doin some maintenance work on my quad bike. When this rain stops I can finish loading my truck to go away .......and then point my hilux in the direction of the bush ....I have fitted a soap dispenser on the side of my quad. It’s full of pilchard oil. It’s on the shelf next to the tuna oil at the fishing shops I’m going to offload it as I driv all my bush tracks. Hopefully I get some foxes and cats hanging about.
Blr243 wrote:Point noted stix. I see small game randomly within range of the tracks I travel ( sometimes scarce and occasionally plentiful) I was just going to mark my quad trails in the hope of drawing them closer to increase my sightings and opportunities but It certainly won’t hurt for me to put some thought into it