Any way to emergency repair cv boot? (1 Viewer)

[Bisho]

It looks like I tore my passenger upper cv boot yesterday. It flung out a bunch of grease. It’s torn at the small end first bellow. I’m tempted to clean it as best I can and wrap gorilla tape around it to try to keep grease in. It is driving fine with no clicking/issues. Any other ideas?

Salida Oreilly’s actually had an axle in stock, so I picked it up as insurance. Hopefully I can return it when I get home and never open the box.

 

[Trunk Monkey]

Never seen it here or on a 100, but have seen it tried on other vehicles as a band-aid and usually whatever tape or patch it used doesn't last long or stick well from the grease.

 

[jayp2]

depending on the specific material the boot is made of you may be able to use a bicycle tube repair kit/materials or even a chunk of a tube to repair

Its contact cement in most cases and you will need to prep the site to be repaired very carefully to get oil/grease off then rough it up to get oxidation off so the glue/patch will adhere.

 

[87warrior]

I have seen reports that silicone hose tape work on CV boots as a temp/emergency repair, so I carry a roll in the cruiser. Luckily I have never had to use it, so I cannot comment on it's effectiveness or longevity.

 

[Eyedaho]

It looks like I tore my passenger upper cv boot yesterday. It flung out a bunch of grease. It’s torn at the small end first bellow. I’m tempted to clean it as best I can and wrap gorilla tape around it to try to keep grease in. It is driving fine with no clicking/issues. Any other ideas?

Salida Oreilly’s actually had an axle in stock, so I picked it up as insurance. Hopefully I can return it when I get home and never open the box.

If you're on the road then it can't hurt to try. Unless it's a long, dusty or wet drive home I doubt you will do permanent damage and you're going to clean out all of that old grease when you reboot anyway.

 

[Eyedaho]

I have seen reports that silicone hose tape work on CV boots as a temp/emergency repair, so I carry a roll in the cruiser. Luckily I have never had to use it, so I cannot comment on it's effectiveness or longevity.

That stuff does look pretty bomber, and NAPA has it in stock near me.

 

[Bisho]

Well, it definitely looks redneck, but hopefully holds. It tore right near the clamp, so I took off the clamp to help hold the tape down. I’ll need to look for the silicone tape.

 

[Bisho]

Well, first day was a success.

 

[hoser]

I’d try using self fusing silicone tape (aka Rescue Tape). It’s sticks on itself without adhesive so it doesn’t matter so much if the boot is greasy.

However, because it sticks to itself, I’d probably put of layer of something over it all, maybe even spray paint or grease.

 

[Bisho]

Well, I replaced the inner boot. Although the repair held up well on the trails, it pretty much tore itself apart on the 800 mile trip home at 80mph. Despite the ugly tear on the boot, it still had a remarkable amount of grease inside, and never flung anymore out after the duct tape.