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Author: Subject: Plastic tie wrap on drive shaft boot
Mr Whippy

posted on 14/6/20 at 03:43 PM Reply With Quote
Plastic tie wrap on drive shaft boot

So I like don't seem to have any suitable jubilee clamps for this but do have some very large tie wraps is this suitable for an MOT?

cheers



Feels very tight...

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theconrodkid

posted on 14/6/20 at 03:59 PM Reply With Quote
yup, it,s normally what you get with aftermarket boots, i have used loads of them for mot repairs.
jubs will cause out of ballance





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SJ

posted on 14/6/20 at 04:46 PM Reply With Quote
I've previously used ones with a steel insert in the ratchet mechanism which is much stronger. Not sure you can still get them now though.
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Mr Whippy

posted on 14/6/20 at 04:51 PM Reply With Quote
ok nice thanks tbh I quite like the tie wrap option when I put it on
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Andi

posted on 14/6/20 at 08:37 PM Reply With Quote
Yup. Ive done it and its been through a few MOT`s now. And I also used a bicycle puncture patch on the brand new boot that I put a screwdriver through aaaaargh

Surprisingly worked well too.

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mcerd1

posted on 15/6/20 at 09:57 AM Reply With Quote
I had to do them like that on the wife's old Clio for an MOT the next day...

... they were still on it 4 years later when it went for scrap

(I hate Clio's - so no way I was touching them again if they didn't fall off)





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nick205

posted on 15/6/20 at 10:19 AM Reply With Quote
I did on SWMBOs last car for an MOT 3-4 years back. Car passed the MOT and rattled on for a bit before it was part-ex'd with the tie wrap still in place doing fine.
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