"quick tie plastic things"

         Butchers.... everywhere....

these will not work.  They will leak at the joint.
                                Eric

Kim Brennan wrote:

> Hmm, last time my CV boots got replaced the shop used some of those
> quick tie plastic things. I always used the hose clamps in that size.
> I wouldn't trust recrimping the old clamps.
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> On Jul 28, 2004, at 7:03 PM, MilosKitchen wrote:
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>> Hi Folks,
>> I asked Bus Depot about this, but sales was not sure, too late for tech
>> assist. I am replacing the CV boots on all the axles of my '87 Syncro.
>> The
>> replacement inner front boot/hardware kits arrived with proper longer
>> bolts,
>> but the replacement boots came without the attached metal bolting
>> flange on
>> the big end. Looks like I would need to cut the old boot off the old
>> flange,
>> spread open the old crimp and crimp the new boot in. Anyone else done
>> this?
>> The rear boots come with the flanges attached and coincidentally seem
>> to fit
>> the front joints as well. Last time I did this on my old Syncro, I
>> replaced
>> the whole joint so the boot assembly was not an issue.
>> Thanks,
>> Dave Milo
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