Going to service my cv joints since truck has 213k and developed a small leak after installing Sonoran 1.2 lift. Done a ton of research on here, so my plan is to keep my OEM cv axles and just inspect/reboot/grease. Just haven’t decided on the Best boot option yet. Has anyone had good success with the red Hi angle boots by CVJ? Can I still purchase a reboot kit from Toyota? Let’s hear what you guys have found to be the preferred cv axle setup for a 2.5-3” lift. I did install the diff drop that came with the lift kit. Also how often are you guys finding cv boot issues on your lifted rigs? Am I going to be replacing boots every year? My rig is a DDriver,so it doesn’t see too much 4wheeling, just when hunting and fooling around in the woods a few times a year.
OEM or CVJ Red boot?
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I just got done rebooting axles that I put new Toyota OEM inner boots on after lifting it (lasted maybe 6 months). Stretching the boot isn't a good solution, the boots will eventually rip at the small end. I just put on the CVJ boots and I can tell you they'll stretch significantly more than the Toyota OEM boots will. I'm not sure how long the boots will last but I'm hopeful that'll last a long time.
wrench.n.wheel
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OEM only, if you have a lift over 3" you're prone to snapping those CV axles with that angle anyways.
Lower is better with large tires.
I'm in total agreement with CVJ. Their CV boots are a much better material when it comes to stretching. The OEM boots might hold up to 2" inches and under but they are the wrong solution after that. Stretching the boot doesn't work, and using a cut boot end with a snap ring is a nightmare to clean. The CVJ boot isn't going to sit in the factory spot but with a nice stainless steel worm gear clamp you can easily adjust the position and get it to hold on tight.
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I actually stretched brand new OEM boots and they ripped in 6 months. Perhaps they'll work under a small amount of stretching but after that they'll rip.
The ORS and CVJ boot is the same I believe. The CVJ guy said to use the ORS website for the install which leads to me to believe its the same boot.
Sparky 97Runner
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I have a 3" lift and the red boots have worked good for me. I'm running the red on the inner and OEM on the outer. I had terrible luck running anything else on the inner with the 3" lift.
Sparky 97Runner
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I'm sure that you can get just the OEM outers. The real problem child here is the inners though. I wouldn't hesitate to go red inners and aftermarket outers. I was just looking at the link you posted for CVJ Axles and they describe this job as advanced. I would describe it as fairly easy but extremely messy!
gimlithepirate
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Cvj VS OEM
Question: while the consensus seems to be the CVJ boots are better, what about the axle itself? I've picked one up with aftermarket axles, and I need to replace them, I'm trying to decide if I get the CVJ reman axles or a new OEM set. Opinions?
Question: while the consensus seems to be the CVJ boots are better, what about the axle itself? I've picked one up with aftermarket axles, and I need to replace them, I'm trying to decide if I get the CVJ reman axles or a new OEM set. Opinions?
mtbtim
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I have experience with rebooting CV axles with both OEM and the ORS boots. The ORS boots require you to reuse the wide part of the original boot end that secures to the tulip joint. Stretching that ORS boot over the OEM boot end was a serious fight. Hopefully the CJV boots with the adapter ring are easier than the ORS boots to get in place on the joint.
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It requires a bit of work to force the boot over the adapter but it wasn't that bad. I found doing the boot stretch mod with the old CV boot (as done in one of your videos) to be a lot more work and significantly harder to deal with stretching the snap ring over the shaft to install and remove it. Plus it was way way messier to deal with as well. After like 1k miles the boot still ended up splitting. Perhaps I stretched mine just a bit too much and perhaps it'll work a good portion of time but it wasn't working for me.
To me the only right solution is to use these CVJ / ORS boots. I believe they are actually just a CV boot from a specific Porsche but they work great and I haven't had any problems with mine since installing them.
