I would agree that on a bone stock vehicle that isn't planning on seeing any mods, these could work out ok.
On a lifted truck, no way. The added stress on the CV boots from lifting the front end would more than likely cause the boot to open up at some point, which would be a nightmare. As opposed to a slow leak that you can see and take care of, if the boot "unzips", you'd lose nearly all of your CV grease in short order, and allow all kinds of contaminates in that could muck up the CV joint.
I don't see why it wouldn't work if sealed properly. I'm sure you could use it as a make shift boot for quite a while. I wouldn't hesitate to use it. Lot better than pulling a CV and rebooting it. I'll take my chances. On a side note, I just spent 30 minutes building and staring at a brand new 70 Series I want one
Not a bad idea to keep one as a spare...you could always replace the split boot with the oem version but the split boot might just get you home in good style.
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If the match between material and glue is right the seam will be stronger than the rest of the boot. It looks well made in the picture and I don't think it would be limited to light duty applications. Would require a good installation but so does everything.
It's Toyota OEM part and I wouldn't hesitate to use it.
I've only got one CV reboot under my belt -- I don't know how you guys do that in the field -- but I think if you were to build a trail spare on your bench where you can ensure a nice, clean seal, this split boot design should work just fine. Question is, are they available stateside?
This would be for an axle replacement in the field, not just a torn boot. I want it to be as strong as possible. I was given an old axle and was told that it could not be disassembled. I figured I'd clean it up, use the split boot kit on both ends and store it with my recovery gear. Should I snap a CV at GSMTR, I could swap it out in the field. If I rip a boot out there, I could just keep an extra split CV boot kit in my recovery gear as well.
This would be for an axle replacement in the field, not just a torn boot. I want it to be as strong as possible. I was given an old axle and was told that it could not be disassembled. I figured I'd clean it up, use the split boot kit on both ends and store it with my recovery gear. Should I snap a CV at GSMTR, I could swap it out in the field. If I rip a boot out there, I could just keep an extra split CV boot kit in my recovery gear as well.
Keep the split boots for a trail fix. Reboot your spare with OEM boots. Why spend the time to swap a broken axle with a spare with split boot and have to pull it in a week? Just do it the right way and use split boots for a temp easy fix trail patch when limited tools and time are available.
Edit: just saw it cant be disassembled. Nevermind.
Yeah, why cant it be disassembled??? Never heard of that. Are you sure it is for our rig? Is it OEM or non oem? Also, if you are building a spare at home, like Nick said use the correct OEM boot. If I have to pull my CV on the trail, I'd want to do the replacement once. If I cant do that, I would prefer to pull the drive shaft method or duct tape if it is just a torn boot...
Yeah, why cant it be disassembled??? Never heard of that. Are you sure it is for our rig? Is it OEM or non oem? Also, if you are building a spare at home, like Nick said use the correct OEM boot. If I have to pull my CV on the trail, I'd want to do the replacement once. If I cant do that, I would prefer to pull the drive shaft method or duct tape if it is just a torn boot...
I dunno... The guy who gave it to me said that this is what the repair shop told him. They suggested he get new axles as his vehicle had over 190,000 miles on it.
The axle is OEM. I ordered a normal boot kit for it as well as the snap-on ones. We'll see what all the fuss is about in a few days. I am betting that I will be able to get it apart.
Gotcha... I bet you can get it apart. My guess is from the shop perspective, it is less work to just install a new vs. rebuilding the old one. And with that many miles... ya know. I do like the idea of those split boots as a temp. trail repair. I am curious though if they were designed with lifted rigs in mind and the more extreme CV angles... Let us know what you find!
I have these in my HDJ100. This is what you get from toyota down under now unless you specifically ask for the normal boot. When I took it in for a service and they replaced the cv due to some odd noises they put these on. I got mine lifted about 2 inch ATM and have these boots on for the past 12 months. No diff drop kit just big cv angles, an no droop but that's a different story. The point is though Toyota are using these down under when there can be over 3000km before you can get to anyone let alone anyone that can fix your rig.
I want one
