kball
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I bought these two boot kits from NAPA a while ago... $43
Used some old laundry buckets to catch the goop
Then I used chisel, dikes, screwdrivers to pry and cut the old clamps off. Be careful when using the chisel with hammer if you go that route because you can ding the hub underneath.
According to the FSM you start at the inner joint and work your way to the outer so the boots just slide off the axle but I cut them off just to get that mess out of my way.
The outer joint stays on, it does not come off so take off the inner joint
Make some marks so things go back together the way they came apart..
take the snap ring off
The FSM says to use a hammer and brass punch to knock off the inner roller assembly but mine came off by hand.
Then you wipe everything up and clean it as best you can. I didn't get nearly all the old grease out but it looked perfect so I wasn't worried about it.
Then slide the new boot on starting with the outer joint. The inner joint boot was a much tighter fit over the axle so I took the FSM's advice and wrapped the end up with electrical tape so the boot would not get damaged.
I put the small clamp on the boots and then squeezed the goop in before closing up with the big clamp. The inner joint has the light colored grease but my kits came with dark grease in both although they were different so I'm sure it's all good.
Put the clamp on (my kits came with different clamps so you'll need two different clamping tools, yay more tools!!) use the tools to clamp them down.
Using this tool you feed the clamp though, wind it up and bend it over, then cut it off and hammer down the end.
This tool has a built in cutter
Then bend it over and hammer it down
The other boot uses a clamp that crimps tight
Tools used
Hope this helps some people out. It wasn't hard and doesn't take a long time it's just MESSY!!
Used some old laundry buckets to catch the goop
Then I used chisel, dikes, screwdrivers to pry and cut the old clamps off. Be careful when using the chisel with hammer if you go that route because you can ding the hub underneath.
According to the FSM you start at the inner joint and work your way to the outer so the boots just slide off the axle but I cut them off just to get that mess out of my way.
The outer joint stays on, it does not come off so take off the inner joint
Make some marks so things go back together the way they came apart..
take the snap ring off
The FSM says to use a hammer and brass punch to knock off the inner roller assembly but mine came off by hand.
Then you wipe everything up and clean it as best you can. I didn't get nearly all the old grease out but it looked perfect so I wasn't worried about it.
Then slide the new boot on starting with the outer joint. The inner joint boot was a much tighter fit over the axle so I took the FSM's advice and wrapped the end up with electrical tape so the boot would not get damaged.
I put the small clamp on the boots and then squeezed the goop in before closing up with the big clamp. The inner joint has the light colored grease but my kits came with dark grease in both although they were different so I'm sure it's all good.
Put the clamp on (my kits came with different clamps so you'll need two different clamping tools, yay more tools!!) use the tools to clamp them down.
Using this tool you feed the clamp though, wind it up and bend it over, then cut it off and hammer down the end.
This tool has a built in cutter
Then bend it over and hammer it down
The other boot uses a clamp that crimps tight
Tools used
Hope this helps some people out. It wasn't hard and doesn't take a long time it's just MESSY!!
