Do you need a tool to tighten a CV boot clamp?
Well, no need to worry. You can actually tighten your boot clamp without using any special tool. All you need is a plier and a screwdriver to serve as your homemade CV boot clamp tool.
When do I need to replace my CV boot?
Don’t report a perished or worn CV boot in the hope you will see the vehicle when it needs a new drive shaft. Get the work now and replace the CV boot. You may never see the vehicle again so do the repair today. You will increase your profits, workshop productivity and at the same time save your customer from more costly repairs in the future.
How does a constant velocity boot clamp work?
Place the boot clamp, which is a metal band around your constant velocity (CV) boot. The clamp is designed to rest on a grove by your vehicle’s manufacturer. Make sure you wrap the clamp in a counterclockwise direction around your boot. Then thread the end of the boot clamp, which has holes under your metal clasp.
Do you have to install a CV boot clamp?
You have rebuilt the CV joint. You have reinstalled the hand shaft axle into the car and you have installed the CV boot. When you go to install the CV boot clamp you realize that you do not have a clamp installation tool and getting one just to install one clamp is not how you want to spend your money.
Don’t report a perished or worn CV boot in the hope you will see the vehicle when it needs a new drive shaft. Get the work now and replace the CV boot. You may never see the vehicle again so do the repair today. You will increase your profits, workshop productivity and at the same time save your customer from more costly repairs in the future.
What’s the best way to tighten a CV boot?
Once you have your boot clamp well-placed around the CV boot, grab your Lisle CV boot clamp plier and use its metal grip to hook the end of your boot clamp, then pull outward until it’s tightly fixed on the boot clamp. After making sure it’s tight, bend the free end of the clamp over the metal clasp.
Where do you put a split CV boot?
Cleaned up the edges and pulled the new boot up and over the joint outer housing, clamped in place on both ends. TIP I found it easier on my car to work on assembling the boot, greasing the joint, and putting the boot in place from above the wheel.