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CV Boot Issues.....again
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Author:  Lima.Charlie [ Mon Nov 29, 2010 5:33 pm ]
Post subject:  CV Boot Issues.....again
First thing is first, please give valid input. And keep the conversation on track.

March 2010 I blew my inner passenger CV boot. I then went on to purchase the Rockford CV replacement boot (crap). About two months later the RCV boot blew again. Replaced it with another RCV boot. It blew again about 3 weeks later. So after racking my brain and some other Dayton fellas brains, we decided to go back to Mopar CV Boots. Much sturdy plastic/rubber. You can feel a huge difference in the RCV and Mopar, being Mopar is better quality. So now here we are middle of November. My radiator gets a crack and I go to get it replaced. While replacing it, I noticed some boot grease. The outerr boot clamp for the inner passenger boot was gone. So I replaced the missing clamp with another clamp from a clamp kit, the ones with the teeth. Today I noticed more grease and the same boot clamp is missing again!

Anyone have any ideas of what may be causing this? Pressure? Bad boot? Bad clamp?

I am sitting at 22.5 in the front. During the whole time above, I haven't been wheeling at all.
Author:  kskj [ Mon Nov 29, 2010 7:52 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: CV Boot Issues.....again
If it was me I would just get a new CV from Napa. They are not to expensive.
Author:  Lima.Charlie [ Mon Nov 29, 2010 8:03 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: CV Boot Issues.....again
There isn't anything wrong with the CV at all. Well I guess you can't be 100% certain. We were thinkign maybe too much grease or an air bubble.
Author:  kskj [ Mon Nov 29, 2010 8:08 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: CV Boot Issues.....again
There is a lot of movement in the libby Cv's. Maybe the replacement boots can't take it.
Author:  Lima.Charlie [ Mon Nov 29, 2010 8:19 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: CV Boot Issues.....again
Rockford CV boots and Mopar?
Author:  kskj [ Mon Nov 29, 2010 8:24 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: CV Boot Issues.....again
Sounds like the clamp is the problem. I have never used a replacement boot I just replace the part. Thats what I would do.
Author:  tjkj2002 [ Mon Nov 29, 2010 10:52 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: CV Boot Issues.....again
Lima.Charlie wrote:
First thing is first, please give valid input. And keep the conversation on track.

March 2010 I blew my inner passenger CV boot. I then went on to purchase the Rockford CV replacement boot (crap). About two months later the RCV boot blew again. Replaced it with another RCV boot. It blew again about 3 weeks later. So after racking my brain and some other Dayton fellas brains, we decided to go back to Mopar CV Boots. Much sturdy plastic/rubber. You can feel a huge difference in the RCV and Mopar, being Mopar is better quality. So now here we are middle of November. My radiator gets a crack and I go to get it replaced. While replacing it, I noticed some boot grease. The outerr boot clamp for the inner passenger boot was gone. So I replaced the missing clamp with another clamp from a clamp kit, the ones with the teeth. Today I noticed more grease and the same boot clamp is missing again!

Anyone have any ideas of what may be causing this? Pressure? Bad boot? Bad clamp?

I am sitting at 22.5 in the front. During the whole time above, I haven't been wheeling at all.

Hose clamp,works everytime.

You can never get new CV boot clamps tight enough to seal and stay put like the OE ones(there welded).To get aftermarket clamps to work you need to make sure that the inner boot area that the clamp goes on and the surface on the CV that the boot seals is 100% clean and greas free which is virtually impossible unless you do not use any CV grease.
Author:  JL Rockies [ Tue Nov 30, 2010 3:43 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: CV Boot Issues.....again
I like turtles.
Author:  Lima.Charlie [ Tue Nov 30, 2010 5:46 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: CV Boot Issues.....again
Turtles? I don't get it.
Author:  1996xj [ Tue Nov 30, 2010 7:32 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: CV Boot Issues.....again
Troy, I was out in the Rain all day on a "Trash truck", I'll call Jeep tomarrow about the boot !!!

TJkj2002, Good Idea, hose clamp !!! :JEEPIN:
Author:  Lima.Charlie [ Tue Nov 30, 2010 8:38 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: CV Boot Issues.....again
With the rotation, won't a hose clamp work loose?
Author:  tjkj2002 [ Tue Nov 30, 2010 9:33 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: CV Boot Issues.....again
Quote:
With the rotation, won't a hose clamp work loose?



Quote:
Would you use the hose clamp in conjunction withs something like... say, loctite?


No and no.
Author:  Lima.Charlie [ Wed Dec 01, 2010 7:25 am ]
Post subject:  Re: CV Boot Issues.....again
Well then I will give it a try. Let you know how it works out.
Author:  Xodius [ Sat Dec 11, 2010 10:19 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: CV Boot Issues.....again
If you read my post from "what did you do with your KJ today" you will get a chuckle about how I broke 1 cv clamp then bought some "universal clamps" and those got too loose. I asked the guy there about the hose clamp and 2 employees quickly said NO! You can not use hose clamps for CVs. I should have known better than to listen to those 2 freaks. Tomorrow I pick up some hose clamps and get it done!
Do you need to do anything special to the hose clamps to make them stay or as is is good enough?
Author:  Lima.Charlie [ Sat Dec 11, 2010 10:32 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: CV Boot Issues.....again
You might need smaller width hose clamps. The ones I got were too large to fit in the groove on the boot and didn't work.
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