Superboots or Duraboots?

[ritch hwang]

Hey, netters

Just surfed in on this site while trying to decide on whether to superboot
or not to superboot given all the previous posts with grinding down the
lower ball joint head 1/16" for clearance, band clamp leakage and the like...

http://www.rockfordcv.com/rcvboot.htm t=_self]Duraboot site[/url]

http://www.rockfordcv.com/rcvboot.htm

Existing boot is cracking at flex area, sooooo --

As always, best regards.

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[patrick flowers]

>
> Just surfed in on this site while trying to decide on whether to superboot
> or not to superboot given all the previous posts with grinding down the
> lower ball joint head 1/16" for clearance, band clamp leakage and the like...

I went with Superboots on mine, but didn't have to do any grinding to
get the necessary clearance. Best advice I can give is don't try to
replace the boot without pulling the shaft. You need to keep the groove
and boot lip clean for a good seal and that's tough enough without
trying to work under the coach. You'll need a set of retaining ring
pliers with flat ends and the "wind-up" band tool from NAPA - don't try
using the pinch style clamps on Superboots, they won't get tight
enough.

Also, a tip I picked up from Zeb Frady - some suppliers are putting
three packs of grease in the kits. Only use two as according to Zeb,
three is too much guaranteeing leakage. I didn't use the supplied
grease as I still had plenty of CV-2 - just went by the manual
instructions to fill the joint and the boot folds and no more. BTW,
when you insert the shaft, it'll eject some grease that you'll need to
remove as excess and then clean the groove and lip for a good seal.

My $.02,
Patrick
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