#1: CV boot Author: magistar, Location: new zealandPosted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 6:21 pm ---- So my car needed to replace both its lower control arm recently so I took it to a garage to get it done. They got it done all fine and good. However, just two days after I realised there was a lot of grease on my rims so I lifted it and found out that the CV boot had tears on both sides of the car. Bugger! It was spitting oil all over.
So I took the car back to the garage and told him about it. He claims that it wasn't him (liar!) but he offered to fix it for free. He is planning to remove the torn boot, clean and repack with a new boot. Now, I am just wondering if repacking a cv boot will be a good permanent fix or would more troubles come later to haunt me? Should I be looking at replacing instead? It has only been 2 days since I replaced the lower control arms so I suppose the cv joints shouldn't be that damaged yet?
Cheers
#2: Re: CV boot Author: Seabook, Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 9:53 pm ---- hard to tell.
but grease on the rim is a very bad sign
#3: Re: CV boot Author: kandlbarrett, Location: SwindonPosted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 2:03 pm ---- If you have spotted it quickly and haven't been driving it through lots of mud, gravel etc. then it is likely to be fine provided he cleans it well.
You have to be careful doing bottom suspension as boots are easily ripped and the nearside is easier to rip than the offside. It is not a coincidence that is immediately after the suspension work.
#4: Re: CV boot Author: magistar, Location: new zealandPosted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 5:07 pm ---- Yea, the left side of the outer cv boot is throwing lots of grease. It was definitely not doing this fours days ago so it'll only have been 3 days at most. driven it about 100km's(60ish miles) mostly on highspeed motorway until I realised it and now its grounded in the garage till the mechanic is able to fix it. Guess I will just have to wait and see how it turns out. Just hoping it wont be an issue that will come back later in time.
Thanks anyways guys
#5: Re: CV boot Author: chuckstar34, Location: London/Worcester/ GrimsbyPosted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 5:33 pm ---- I did it too when I did my lower arms. Thought id been careful but no...I did it. Only a nick but enough to chuck the contents all over the place. Didnt spot it for a while and had covered about 3000 miles before i did. PAcked it with grease and put a sticky boot on to get me out of trouble over a weekend. 5 thou later its still on, no noises, no knocking. Probably luck.
If it was me , I'd point the big fat guilty finger at the mechanic. Ask him if hes going to put stretch boots on it or orginals? The cheat is to put stretch over boots on.
#6: Re: CV boot Author: magistar, Location: new zealandPosted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 5:47 pm ---- If you mean stretch boots as in removing, cleaning, repacking the joints with grease and replacing a new cv boot/gaiter then yes the mechanic is planning to do that. He offered to do it for free even though he claims he didn't damage it. My guess is that he will probably use a universal cv boot though :/
does peugeot sell original cv boot replacements? i seem to recall that they only sell the cv joints as a whole or the whole drivetrain?
#7: Re: CV boot Author: chuckstar34, Location: London/Worcester/ GrimsbyPosted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 7:08 pm ---- Ive done some stretched ones, they last ok.
I dont know, ive never tried to strip a joint on one of these down, always been told not to bother as itll never come undone, maybe the reason for whole shafts and not boots.
I use stretch to save time and nuckles.
#8: Re: CV boot Author: kandlbarrett, Location: SwindonPosted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 4:33 pm ---- I had stretch boots last for 18,000 miles and still going strong.
#9: Re: CV boot Author: magistar, Location: new zealandPosted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 12:06 am ---- ah okay. thats not bad. Guess I'll just have to hope for the best. Cheers guys
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