I know you do not recommend the Split CV Boot fix

Post by **ronaldo2526** » 26 Feb 2011, 13:20

but I'm in a unique situation. The outside boot on the drivers side is gone. There is no noise coming from the joint and it still looks well packed in grease. Is there a doorman product or another brand that will fit. The applications for the ones I've found online do not list my car.

I am getting rid of the car in about a month and do not want to put any more money into it. I only drive about 1000 miles a month all low speed city. I just want to get by.

1996 850 Turbo, 106,000 miles

Post by **misha** » 26 Feb 2011, 13:50

"I know you do not recommend the Split CV Boot fix"

Why not?

Post by **erikv11** » 26 Feb 2011, 14:27

Almost any auto parts store will have split CV boots, I would go in and ask them what they have.

I wouldn't use it for my car but for what you are doing, temporary fix, split boot seems fine.

Post by **shiloh51933** » 26 Feb 2011, 14:37

Go ahead and use one, especially if joint is still good, I can't see doing all the labor of uninstalling the axle to just put a boot on. I just replace the whole thing!!!! If you don't need to do that then use a split boot, especially if your planning on keeping.

Post by **ronaldo2526** » 06 Mar 2011, 16:23

I got the split CV boot on. We will see how it does.

One thing I'm sure of is that I will never do it again. For $50 more I could have replaced the whole axle and likely been done in a few hours. Since this is my first front wheel drive I was concerned about being able to do the work.

Between the waiting for the glue to dry and trying to clean up every thing, I wouldn't replace just a boot either. Sometimes you just have to find out for yourself.

Post by **erikv11** » 06 Mar 2011, 21:47

However, those cheap axles are usually garbage. The original axle is 100x better.

Post by **precopster** » 07 Mar 2011, 00:35

ronaldo2526 wrote:Sometimes you just have to find out for yourself.

This kind of negates the whole need for a forum, doesn't it??

There are plenty of write-ups on CV work, though I do hear the driver's side (short one) can be a pain. I just changed the boot on the long side and it wasn't too bad.

Anyway, can you tell me what a split CV boot is? It sounds messy, fiddly and ready to split back open.

VolvoTurbo850 · Post by **VolvoTurbo850** » 07 Mar 2011, 04:23

http://www.raxles.com/splitboots.aspx

I never used them and I think for the effort your better taking it out and doing it yourself.

The article from raxles seems valid.