Driveshaft gaiters and MoT

The message from John Greystrong contains these words:

Non-sequitur. Just 'cos it leaks doesn't mean it's insecure.

I guess you could argue the semantics but on my MOT testers course I was told if it was leaking it was taken to be insecure.

John

Don't worry, you glue before you put the grease in.

At risk of jumping on the next bus to Pedantry City, how's it going to leak from the end if said end is nice and snugly attached? Only if there's a split in it somewhere, surely?

Yeah, I thought that might me a good idea.

The message from "Vim Fuego" contains these words:

But it's got to be grossly split to fail.

Again, not according to several MOT testers in my area. Mine would agree with you but ive worked on cars with nothing but a pinprick hole and a slight "misting" appearance round it that failed.

Where in the MOT manual does it say that?

It doesn't need to be 'snugly attached'. In MOT speak, 'insecure' means about to drop off (if it hasn't already)

The message from "Coyoteboy" contains these words:

Point them at their own manual.

The message from "SimonJ" contains these words:

Bugger, it doesn't. Where did I see that then?

Having read this thread I thought - oh, an easy CV boot method with an expanding one/cone. But, have I got this right - I'll still need to pop the end of the driveshaft out of the hub, so the only thing I'm avoiding doing is splitting the CV joint itself........ I'll still have to disconnect ball joint, steering, hub nut and possibly anti roll bar. By the time I get that far I may as well fiddle with that bloody daft circlip on Vauxhalls.

BTW - I has a split boot on my old Cav for 3 1/2 years - scrapped the car and it was still ok, but I was extremely careful and ultra clean in fitting it.

Ian

Unless you can temporarily dematerialise part of the drive shaft or the gaiter, or hire a Guild Navigator and supply him with sufficient melange to allow him to fold space so that the gaiter ends up sitting around the drive shaft. :-)

If putting the standard manufacturer gaiter on is a piece of piss once you have access to the end of the drive shaft then the stretchy gaiter doesn't gain you anything. However it would be a boon on something like 106/AX/Saxo where getting the gaiter on involves stripping much or all of the driveshaft down (by all accounts).

Will bear it in mind...