CV Boot Clamps (McMaster-Carr) - The good ones

[Tanner H]

@katit Got mine from cruiser garage. Fast shipping and you can buy their spare kit.

100-Series CV Axle Clamp Kit — CRUISER GARAGE

CV axles slinging grease? These clamps are the only solution! Fits all 1998-2007 100-Series Land Cruisers / LX470's and 2003-2009 4th Gen 4Runners (Most other Toyota SUV’s / Trucks will fit as well). Made popular by PFran. These are better than OEM and the highest quality clamps available, made from

www.cruiser-garage.com

 

[katit]

@katit Got mine from cruiser garage. Fast shipping and you can buy their spare kit.

100-Series CV Axle Clamp Kit — CRUISER GARAGE

CV axles slinging grease? These clamps are the only solution! Fits all 1998-2007 100-Series Land Cruisers / LX470's and 2003-2009 4th Gen 4Runners (Most other Toyota SUV’s / Trucks will fit as well). Made popular by PFran. These are better than OEM and the highest quality clamps available, made from

www.cruiser-garage.com

Great! Thank you for pointer, ordered

 

[shwagon]

Are there any recommendations for the OE "crimp style" CV Clamps? These worm-gear clamps just seem "hacky" to me, am I missing a benefit?

 

[shtbrwn86]

Are there any recommendations for the OE "crimp style" CV Clamps? These worm-gear clamps just seem "hacky" to me, am I missing a benefit?

@2001LC uses some clamps from NAPA that are similar to the OeM ones. Take a special clamp tool. I think people just do the worm drive clamps because they are easier.

When I replaced my drive shaft I tried reclamping it like Paul does with the Napa clamp and didn’t have much luck. It was just for practice since I had an entirely new shaft. But I probably just suck at doing this and don’t feel like getting better

 

[gatormark91]

Are there any recommendations for the OE "crimp style" CV Clamps? These worm-gear clamps just seem "hacky" to me, am I missing a benefit?

No way, not hacky. Every OEM crimped one I have had (inluding on new OEM axles) leaked. I have a 2.5" lift, the crimped ones eventually will leak, and you can't just give them a twist of the screw to tighten them a tad. Rolled edge (not straight cut, cheap) screw clamps are THE way to go.

 

[AlpineAccess]

Just had to pick some of the smaller guys up for my 100. McMaster's website sucks, could only order ten, and shipping was prohibitively expensive.

Found these by typing in the size range I needed in mm (25-40mm for small and 100-120 for large) as well as "German worm gear clamp" as keywords and found the following which I am going to use:

Amazon product ASIN B07C2ZZQYK

 

[shtbrwn86]

Just had to pick some of the smaller guys up for my 100. McMaster's website sucks, could only order ten, and shipping was prohibitively expensive.

Found these by typing in the size range I needed in mm (25-40mm for small and 100-120 for large) as well as "German worm gear clamp" as keywords and found the following which I am going to use:

Amazon product ASIN B07C2ZZQYK

That’s awesome! Thanks for sharing. Agreed the McMaster Carr ordering option is terrible unless you want a million of them.

 

[boma23]

Any feed back on how the Amazon ones work? Do they stay tight?

 

[AlpineAccess]

Any feed back on how the Amazon ones work? Do they stay tight?

They worked well for me.