Soooo….I commented on this post three years ago and now I’m back with a boot blown on both the driver and passenger sides on a stock, no lift 2005 Sport.

I installed two Rock Auto CARDONE axles with the “upgraded” heavy duty thermoplastic boots. Just wanted to let everyone know that they lasted about two and half years as it’s three years now and they have been blown at least 6 months. I will say that at the time of installation I did note that the boots appeared to be impinging on themselves and they probably could have benefited from the “Boot Stretch Mod”.

Don’t know if it would have helped and will never know because I just whistled up two brand new OEMs with OEM seals all around. I prolly would have went with OEM Reman’s but they were on national backorder. No matter, these should last the life of the truck so I’m thinking money well spent not to have to fool with them again. Here’s a pic of the damage$$ with part numbers.

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