When I needed my first boot, I thought it would be easy, after all I've done several to my Subaru. From what I learned it's not easy. The special tool required to strech the boot over the joint is very costly, no one had one in Eastern Washington. Then I found out I could buy lifetime axles for less than getting a boot on one. The job to replace the whole axle is much easier than a boot job. I even found a video somewhere showing the process of installing a boot, did not like the looks of that. But I never thought about a split boot, they did not work on my Subaru . Maybe thats a good way to go though. Max
--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, BStromsoe <bstromsoe@...> wrote:
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> There is a special tool that mechanics use, but you can buy it (or maybe rent one from Autozone?). My reason for replacing my half shafts is that they are 250,000 and 300,000 miles on them. So, it is not just about greasing up the joints. I want to ultimately replace everything that is rubber, plastic, or that wears out over time as just a part of my normal maintenance like changing the oil.
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> brian from la verne, ca
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> From: Lawrence Rhodes <primobassoon@...>
> To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, August 5, 2011 8:03 AM
> Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Re: Split boot vs. OE boot
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> Â Â Â Posted by: "Nate" vwnate1@... vwnate1
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> It's a wee more complicated than ' pull it out of the pumkin ' .
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> -Nate
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> OK I can take bad news. How do you get the boot over the bearing? Guess it
> would stretch. Lawrence Rhodes........
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