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Oh boy... what fun. :)

Just finished putting a new CV boot on my ZJ.

Not terribly hard, except for those three damn bearing to knuckle bolts that managed to break two of my el-cheapo sockets and required some back-woods engineering. (Had to put a jack under the breaker bar to get enough force to break the forward bolt free) Impressive for bolts that only go in to 75ft.lbs. But that was almost 13 years ago. :)

Yep.. took photos. Gonna be a while before I can get them on-line or do a write-up.

Only thing that bugs me is I think I didn't get enough air out of the boot, it's not as flat as the other side. But then again the silly boot only costs $11 so if it goes again I'll take another crack at it.

Hmm... I might be able to get a new band clamp and just cut the old one off, burp it, and reclamp.

Hibdon tires (who spotted the problem while doing my rotation/balance) wanted to charge $460 to half-shaft the axle. Kept on telling me how hard the job is. Jeep wanted over 80$ for the stupid boot. NAPA, as usual, came through at $11.

In reality it's one of the dirtiest jobs I've ever done on the ZJ. Lots of grease everywhere, dirt to haul out of the axle, and cleaning the CV joint..

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DougW
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What are you going to do with the $449. you saved?

How does it rate on your beer scale?

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billy ray

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L.W.(Bill) Hughes III

Probably blow it all on new tools that don't shatter when I use them. :)

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Tecnically it's a very easy job. Just bolts and having a banding clamp tool. But those bolts are a PITA so I would rate it about three beers. Two if you have an air wrench or strong arms.

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DougW

Made in Red China?

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billy ray

Taiwan. :)

Like all qwality tools are.

Actually I have several sets of tools. Some real good craftsman/snap-on/s&k and an assortment of crap that I don't mind loaning out. This is yet another fine opportunity to buy some more good sockets.

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DougW

---snippy---

craftsman/snap-on/s&k

I'll remember that the next time I want to round off some bolt heads. ;^)

SK sockets used to break. Do they still do that?

Earle

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Earle Horton

I've got the perfect socket set for that and I'll even throw in the plumbers wrench so you can rip the head right off that bolt. :)

I've never had an SK socket break on me, but I have twisted the ends off several extensions and adapters with them. They are the black (impact) type.

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DougW

I stopped buying them about thirty years ago, when a salesman told me that the cheap ass rubber handle on a breaker bar fell off the breaker bar, because I had abused it. Then a counter person told me that I would have to take a broken socket back to the store where I had bought it, six states away. The shiny ones were famous for shattering, but they didn't round off bolt heads. I still have an SK metal socket organizer, full of mostly Craftsman sockets! The wrenches were tough, but too big for most uses.

Earle

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Earle Horton

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L.W.(Bill) Hughes III

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