CV Boot "sucked in"

it had worked but that wasn't the problem one of my diff mounts was bent from bottoming out so hard caused the diff to move over about an in" to passenger side which kept causing me to snap my cv shaft so just replaced diff mount and was all good

 

So did you pump air into it or just by sticking needle under collar it equalized the pressure? Was it easy enough to slip needle under collar?

 

Don't buy "reinforced boots" for other than well-named brands, fucking BS, OEM lasted 120k and 17 years. After only 200 miles or so, the "reinforced" ones are ready to go to the trash. Any brand other than OEM for the boots?