Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 18:52:48 -0400
Reply-To: craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
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From: craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Cheapo CV Boot repair(emergency only)
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I have some giant marine shrink rap in various sizes (Carry it in an "OH
SHIT" bag that goes with me in my bus when I travel, and on the boats when I
"work".). Believe it or not, you can purchase 4-5'' shrink wrap, even the
good stuff with the glue in it. Once, I repaired a CV this way on bus when
the boot went bad. I had a new boot in a box, but didn't want to put the
effort into fixing it, so I sliced the shrink wrap length wise, wrapped it
over the boot, and used a soldering iron to singe the two ends back into a
tube, then a blow torch and a screw driver to shrink it down "just snug"
over the boot. It held for a year untill I rebuilt the axles (And restored
the entire drivetrain with a Zetec engine....).
The point is, they make giant shrink wrap, and it's great.
Heck I just busted out a roll of the 3/4'' stuff last weekend to wrap the
ends of the hemp around my shifter knob-shaft. If you haven't wrapped your
shifter-knob-shaft in hemp yet and put a giant wooden shift ball on the top,
you're missing out.
Best upgrade i've made.
Shift knobs the size of a baseball rock!
-Craig
'85GL turned WESTY
BOSTIG in the back
'87 SUNROOF Syncro
(Hopefully taking for it's first ever test drive this weekend!!!!!!!)
On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 6:26 PM, Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@gmail.com>wrote:
> Now that's what I'd like to see in a "Glad Wrap" or "Saran Wrap"
> commercial..... :)
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 3:05 PM, Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@cfu.net
> >wrote:
>
> > Our Subie Outback had a front inner boot blow and not having the cash
> > for a new axle jsut yet, I got creative for a "keep the rest of the
> > grease in there until I can fix it" shade tree repair. Most Walmarts
> > and Harbor Freights have these small rolls of shrink wrap for
> > shipping stuff and such and they come with like a white plastic
> > handle for the wrapping part. The roll is maybe 7-8" in width. In
> > additon to that, I used part of a roll of 3M 33+ electrical tape and
> > a pair of semi sharp scissors or maybe a razor type knife might work too.
> >
> > The inner boot on the Subie(and Syncro for that matter) is pretty
> > congested in there making the rolling of the shrink wrap around the
> > old boot somewhat difficult, so I jacked up the vehicle and had y
> > wife manually spin the right front tire while I fed the shrink wrap
> > through the smallest of gaps above the exhaust. I went back ands
> > forth over the entire area from axle to CV joint buit didn't put a
> > lot of pressure nthe stretch wrap. Snug, but not way tight. I made
> > sure I was rolling the wrap so the end flap was pointing to the rear
> > for roation's sake, and then had her rotate slowly and I covered it
> > more or less with the electrical tape too.
> >
> > My thinking was that the width and elasticity of the shrink wrap in
> > combo with the ability of the electrical tape to stick to clean
> > shrink wrap, maight jus t make a decent temporary boot. We've driven
> > it for a few days with positive results so far. I didn't try to heat
> > shrink the wrap over the old boot, but that may make a slightly
> > cleaner temporary fix. I would feel lucky to have access to a heat
> > gun during a roadside repair.
> >
> > Anybody ever tried this fix??? I'm thinking the inboard CV's on the
> > Vanagon could benefit from this, but how you'd feed that shrink wrap
> > inside the hub housings, good luck with that.
> >
> > YMMV
> >
> > Max
> >
>
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