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Sierra CV Boots?
Winston Todge - 4/4/06 at 05:39 PM

Just getting to the point where I'm putting the rear end together. My donor's drive shafts are a little dirty (whose aren't!?) and the boots look fairly perished.

The question is is it worth replacing the whole CV joint or do most people cut the boot off and replace it and leave it at that?

Is there any easy way to check play in the CV whilst the driveshaft is not on the car?

Plus is it best to goto Ford for boots or are there any cheap good quality suppliers?

Any help'd be much appreciated!

Chris.

darrens - 4/4/06 at 06:01 PM

I got my replacement boots from local motor factors at £12 each, messy work changing them but job done for awhile now

JB - 4/4/06 at 06:09 PM

To check for play, hold the drive shaft (soft jaws in the vice) then hold onto the outer of the cv and twist it back and forth. Any play will be apparent, however it could be on the splines of the shaft.

My cv`s had quite a bit of play on the splines so I ended up using Locite 638 to bond them on. I will worry about getting them off when I need to.

I also made my cv`s easy plunge. So basically they are very loose in and out but no radial play. I used a emry ball for this and polished out the outer & inner.


John

dern - 4/4/06 at 07:13 PM

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Originally posted by JB
To check for play, hold the drive shaft (soft jaws in the vice) then hold onto the outer of the cv and twist it back and forth. Any play will be apparent, however it could be on the splines of the shaft.
If the shafts have been sat around for ages and the grease looks like it's contaminates or starting to go solid you'll want to clean out the old grease before you test for play because you won't get good results.

Personally I'd strip it all down, wash out the bearings, see if there's any play and if there is replace otherwise rebuild with fresh grease, new boots and clips.

I overhauled the driveshafts on my westfield this weekend because I had loads of play which you could feel by hand. The CVs are standard sierra XR4x4s and cost me 20 quid per joint and 7 quid per boot all plus vat from a local factors. I'll do the same for the sierra driveshafts for the locost because they've been sat around for ages.

Mark

[Edited on 4/4/06 by dern]

Winston Todge - 5/4/06 at 04:00 PM

Ta for that guys!

They've only been sat around for a few months since pulling them off the donor and that was used right up until I began stripping it.

Can't seem to feel any play at all in the joints so will probbaly just replace the boots and leave it at that.

Does anyone know of a cheap place to get CV boots from?

Ta,

Chris.

NS Dev - 5/4/06 at 04:24 PM

just your usual local "trade" motor factor, between £5 and £8 plus vat each is the going rate for the boots, complete joint kits including joint, grease, boot and clips etc is £20 plus the dreaded normally

dern - 8/4/06 at 11:01 AM

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Originally posted by NS Devcomplete joint kits including joint, grease, boot and clips etc is £20 plus the dreaded normally
I've not been able to get anywhere near that for the kit but that's the price I've been quoted just for the joint so you're doing well there.

As an aside I just popped into my local factors and as an alternative to joints and boots and so on they can supply me with a complete built up drive shaft on an exchange basis for 50 quid so I'm going with that for the locost.

Regards,

Mark

NS Dev - 8/4/06 at 06:22 PM

Well in a bizarre chain of events my local factor just tried to charge me £17!!!!!!!!!! for a sierra boot kit!!!!!!!!

The same factor that only wanted £20 for the complete joint kits including boots!!! I did laugh, then told them that if that meant that they could sell me the CV joints alone for £3 then I'd buy all they can get!!!!

I didn't pay the £17 needless to say!

Winston Todge - 10/4/06 at 06:04 AM

I was thinking that a complete drive shaft exchange might be the easiest (cost effective?) way to get my drive shafts upto scratch.

So the £17 is for just a single boot kit Dev?? That does sound steep!

Chris.

NS Dev - 10/4/06 at 07:45 AM

Yep, bit it quickly became £8 after some "negotiation" (me laughing and chucking the kit back over the counter!)