MOT failure point?

The message from snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com (D. Prendergast) contains these words:

Yes.

Yes, but I got a car through several MOT's with a split gaiter repaired with black RTV.

I thight steering boots were advisory, drive boots fail?

No

The message from "SimonJ" contains these words:

Odd - I've been failed on it before now.

Yes, the logic being that the oil will leak out leading to heavy/siezed steering.

In the past I have temporarily fixed CV boots with a bicycle puncture repair kit and the MOT station have passed it. The same should be true for steering rack boots. Worth a go if you haven't got time to do the job properly.

sPoNiX

Oops, sorry I was wrong, its covered in the 'lock to lock check' section of steering check.

A guy I know used to own a limited edition Honda car which failed its MoT because of a damaged boot on one of the drive shafts, apparently because it was a bit of a B job he was quoted over £200 to fit a replacement, he told me that he found a company that did a 'split' boot which could be sealed (vulcanised?) total cost of part around 12 quid.. does any one know if these are available for other makes of car.. if so has any one had any experience of using them?

OK, thanks to all who replied.

No direct experience but the subject has come up before and ISTR the split boot was regarded as more of a temporary repair than a proper job.

Thanks, my mark two Astra looks like one of the boots on the drive shaft isn't going to make its next MoT in six months' time. If it's a straightforward job (as a lot of work appears to be on this model) then it maybe just is easy to replace the boot properly, rather than messing around trying to find an alternative.

I'm afraid the answer is yes - oil could /may leak from the split boot.

Bill