CV Boot Split All Way Around After Less Than 6 Months!!!

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Lost all patience with this now and no time to do it myself again, so got the place that did my gearbox repair some time ago to replace cv boot. They are gearbox specialists and their work seems good, and when the van went into them for the gearbox repair they needed to fit a new outer cv boot on other side which has been good for couple of years now. So fingers crossed. (y)

The new boot fitted yesterday on this problem nearside cv joint is actually boot number 5 now, including the original that lasted approx 18 years.

Can't believe such a simple thing like a rubber boot causes so many problems. Hoping there no new boot number 6!!! :rolleyes:
 
OK, so cv boot number 5 fitted just over a week ago by the garage has pulled out of it's big clip (we've been here before) and spilled it's load of grease. Again!!!

Did suggest when it went in that they fitted a softer rubber one like the one they put on other side 2 years ago which is fine. Suppose the message didn't get through, because the new one is the more rigid plastic type.

This is getting farcial now. Going in for rectification on Monday. Boot number 6 coming up!!!
 
ReganAndCarter said:
OK, so cv boot number 5 fitted just over a week ago by the garage has pulled out of it's big clip (we've been here before) and spilled it's load of grease. Again!!!

Did suggest when it went in that they fitted a softer rubber one like the one they put on other side 2 years ago which is fine. Suppose the message didn't get through, because the new one is the more rigid plastic type.

This is getting farcial now. Going in for rectification on Monday. Boot number 6 coming up!!!
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Sounds like a cheap hard plastic type, not a rubbery stretchy type.
 
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Either way, the PSA products last a long, long time - that’s good enough for me.
In the last incident the boot was the incorrect diameter for the CV in question, i.e too big as it came adrift.
Had it been the right size, the clip would have compressed the boot into the groove of the CV and it would have stayed on.
I avoid Firstline products like the plague - once stretched ( which I don’t approve of) they remain bigger than they should.
R & C must have the patience of a saint!
John
 
Burnerman said:
Either way, the PSA products last a long, long time - that’s good enough for me.
In the last incident the boot was the incorrect diameter for the CV in question, i.e too big as it came adrift.
Had it been the right size, the clip would have compressed the boot into the groove of the CV and it would have stayed on.
I avoid Firstline products like the plague - once stretched ( which I don’t approve of) they remain bigger than they should.
R & C must have the patience of a saint!
John
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Some boots are designed to be stretched, some aren't.

But agree he has got patience. It does sound like a cheap and nasty boot was used at least once
 
Thanks to all for your advice, really appreciated.

Says a lot that the same garage changed the outer CV boot on other side two years ago to a softer rubber one when they had gearbox out - they spotted it was split when stripping down. It's been fine, no problems. That's why I went back to them this time because they did quite a complex gearbox reseal and repair job plus the other cv boot replacement - and all went without a hitch and I was impressed with their service.

I suppose that unless it's a garage that specialises in PSA vehicles they may not realise the problem with the more rigid plastic boots. Guessing they just order the part from factors and fit what factor supplies.

Am I best suggesting they put a rubber one on, and not one from Fiat?
 
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2 trains of thought here.

1 says fit the oe rigid type.

1 (me mostly) says fit a good rubbery stretchy type.

Both sides say definitely don't fit cheap nasty ones. The difference between cheap and good is probably around £5 to£10
 
Burnerman said:
Only my opinion here but I find the boot stretchers particularly brutal (although I have used them) so I now knock the CV off the driveshaft and fit the more rigid type.
John :)
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Nothing wrong with splitting the joint.

But I'd still use the softer rubber type. Very rare that a rubber type fails mot for splitting, nearly always the rigid type.

But different people, different opinions.

Just don't (let them) use a cheap aftermarket rigid type
 
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