thanks for the reference
what is their lead time? and are their custom axles OEM or aftermarket?
Torn CV Boot question WITH PICS
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thanks for the reference
what is their lead time? and are their custom axles OEM or aftermarket?
afg10000
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IIRC it was only a few days. Wanted core charge ($75 each I think). They are rebuilt OEM axles. They just put the custom gear on per request. They don't offer long travel outer boots, but OEM replacements installled. I had to pull the installed outers a bit due to the bellows touching. Called CVJ and Steve sent me new CV clamps for free.
do you happen to know whether they would install long travel outer boots (e.g. Porsche 930 boot) if the customer supplied it?
afg10000
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I wouldn't see why not, but I don't want to speak for them. You'll have to give them a call. I honestly was more concerned with having the long travel inners. I'll tell ya, once I stretched the outer out a bit, there's not really a whole lot of the shaft exposed. I'll post a pic of mine if you'd like.
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JBurt
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How about 10 grand?
Thanks for the pic. It's good to see how everything fits. I need new boots.
ok guys.... My boot is ripped to shit on my passenger side.... after reading and reading.. decided to just reboot my toyota axels.... im getting everything together, like the pry bars, 35mm socket, and the hose clamp tool..
i just have a couple questions...
IS this the right boot kit? this is for my passenger side im doing both inner and outter boots at the same time... 04438-35060?
and are these boot kits the same for driver side and passenger side?
now while im in their should i replace both dust covers? any one correct part numbers?
i just have a couple questions...
IS this the right boot kit? this is for my passenger side im doing both inner and outter boots at the same time... 04438-35060?
and are these boot kits the same for driver side and passenger side?
now while im in their should i replace both dust covers? any one correct part numbers?
Bearded Cabbage
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So the consensus is, even if lifted, use TOYOTA brand boots, inner and outer for best results?
kball
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I'm sure Toyota's boots are great. Are they the best? I don't know. You definitely can't go wrong with yota parts. I've had Napa remans on mine for 4.5 years now with no issues. But I did have to spread the inner boots out because the bellows were touching and wearing a groove in them after just a few months. I don't think the brand of boot is of utmost importance but if you're lifted it is important to spread the inner boots out so they don't touch.
oem vs replacement aftermarket boot
I had ordered both the toyota outer boot and an aftermarket from an off road website... after some cross referencing the boot is from EMPI (the kit was mentioned earlier in the thread 86-2318). If it makes a difference... the Toyota boot seemed to be a much more rigid thermoplastic vs the EMPI which was softer more pliable (their catalog says Neoprene). I put the toyota boot on a year ago and aside from problems with the clamp (fixed by a worm screw pipe clamp), its held up against the bilstein/tundra lift. I'm about to the replace the other side with the empi boot. we'll see which one lasts longer!
I had ordered both the toyota outer boot and an aftermarket from an off road website... after some cross referencing the boot is from EMPI (the kit was mentioned earlier in the thread 86-2318). If it makes a difference... the Toyota boot seemed to be a much more rigid thermoplastic vs the EMPI which was softer more pliable (their catalog says Neoprene). I put the toyota boot on a year ago and aside from problems with the clamp (fixed by a worm screw pipe clamp), its held up against the bilstein/tundra lift. I'm about to the replace the other side with the empi boot. we'll see which one lasts longer!
mtbtim
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There's two different style clamps that come with the OEM Reboot Kit. One is a tool-free fold-over style clamp that I guess is unique to Toyota (don't know for sure) and the other clamps are the crimp style.
[MENTION=102606]infamousRNR[/MENTION] and I recently finished rebooting his OEM CV axles and installing them. Our main road block was I purchased a crappy pair of CV boot crimp pliers. They wouldn't get a good bite and would slip off the clamp. Once we altered the jaws by filing a sharper edge on each side, the pliers worked better but they were still absolute crap and wouldn't crimp the clamps as tight as we would have liked. The metal arms bent out of shape from the force I applied with my hands and I'm not Hulk Hogan. We bought another pair from O'Reilly and I cracked the handle on that one.
Here's a link to the CV Boot Clamp Tools I bought through Amazon. I haven't had a chance to use the banding tool yet but stay away from crimping pliers that look like the one in this kit. They sell this same type at auto parts stores and they are complete junk.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015IH45ZK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
The link below is the new pair of CV pliers I bought. It gets good reviews and will hopefully work much better. I'll get to try them out this week and I'll report back.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002SREPY/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
We did an extended boot mod for the inner joints. [MENTION=102606]infamousRNR[/MENTION] is editing the video we made of the whole job and we'll have it out soon. I bought another CV pliers and I'm hoping I can get under his truck and get the clamps a little tighter. With the extended boot mod, the OEM clamps would not work to get a tight fit on the shaft so we had to use zip ties. I bought a CV clamp kit from Moog that will allow us to make a custom size clamps so we can replace the zip ties with a metal clamp.
Stay tuned for the video.
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infamousRNR
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fourfive
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I have the cv pliers you have listed in the link. They are the only cv pliers I have experience with & have worked well the couple times I had to use them.
Looking forward to your video.
