Re: [diesel_mercedes] Re: cv boot repair

 

John,

Stumbling around on You Tube, I found a Limey innovation:

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so9gMxzJH4k&NR=1>

Panda uses a plastic cone to allow the user to stretch the boot into place.  One user had trouble with the plastic cone.  Another user suggested using a transmission funnel instead of the plastic cone. And using motor oil as the lubricant.

If the MB boot is stretchy enough, we might have a solution.  If not, Panda sells on eBay.  Don't know if we can leap the necessary hurdles.

(Thinking out loud - if the MB boot is stretchy enough for the high dollar stretcher, it should be stretchy enough for the funnel.)

(Anyone know a good lubricant for rubber that is slipperier than motor oil?)

Bobby

On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 11:18 AM, john public <brad_macaboy1234@yahoo.com> wrote:

 

I think a mechanical boot expander could be readily fabricated, operating similar to the pneumatic one in the video...seems less than cost/time effective to replace the boot, tho.

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Toward freedom,

Bobby Yates Emory

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