High angle boot kits?

who was it around here that made those? Got a CV with a busted outer and the other has busted inner. Outer One with the busted boot is popping and clanking. So much for BSM and diff drop working

 

I ordered a set from SDHQ off road.. Boot kit is around 30 bucks

 

Thanks I ended up finding it last night while searching shoulda done that first!

 

Do you know how we are able to apply the TW discount?

 

They are not high angle boots. They are simply Empi "replacement" boots. Dimensionally they are identical to OEM. If your dead set on trying them, Google "Empi Tacoma Boots". You will find them for $10-$12 with lube and both clamps. You might even be able to pick them up at a local parts house.

 

I thought you had to modify those?

EDIT, just did a search like you said but I'm not finding anything that doesn't look like stock boots.

 

Go back and read the 3rd sentence in my post, they are stock replacements.
In other words the boots sold for 1st gens by SDHQ are a stock replacement aftermarket boot made by EMPI with a substantial mark up. Empi makes all kinds of stuff including boots for nearly every car and truck http://www.empius.com/
They are nothing special.
https://www.google.com/#q=empi+tacoma+boots&tbm=shop

 

Oh... That's a bummer. I was hoping they'd be better suited for lifted applications. :/

 

Regardless of if they are EMPI boots or not, I can personally attest to these. Have been running them on my max M/T setup for quite some time and continually beating the shit out of the truck. Much better over the stockers, and now I am back on the road leak free, worry free, and very happy with them.

 

As far as mark up goes, I don't think there is much of one. Looking on Amazon, the kits Empi sells are for inner or outer only, each costing around 11-12 a piece. I guess the only downside is that the ones SDHQ sells don't have lube, but I've already picked up grease anyways.

The only local store (that can order them) is Advance and they want $19+$26 for both one outer and one inner boot. SDHQ might be jewing us on the lube but their prices are still very competitive.

Speaking of which (I posted this in another thread but no one seems to know), what type of grease needs to go in the inners/outers? I have moly, multipurpose and red grease. Not sure what I need to pack them with.

Also, is there a coupon code or something on the SDHQ site to get the TW discount?

 

I just used some left over grease I had left from all my boot rebuilds from before. I was going through them quite a bit when it was stock, as for the inner I just used some grease that I picked up from a local parts store in my area from redline. It seemed thicker then what came out but that's alright. It's lubed and thats what matters. I just dipped them in the jar and what came out and on the assembly I called good and strapped up. As for the inner smaller diameter openings on the boots, all I did was get them snuggish with zip ties, they will still slide up and down the shaft when they need to move due to articulation when offroading, but not enough to fling out grease all over the place.

 

Did you also do the BSM on the new boots or just install them as is?

 

Your 2nd gen experiences are meaningless for 1st gen applications.
I found them to be less durable and inferior to OEM boots.

1st gen boots do not "slide up and down the shaft when they need to move due to articulation when offroading".

They also do not come with new c-clips and snap rings.
Do what you have yourself talked into. Heck, it's been whole year since you learned how to change a spark plug.

 

I just replaced the boots on my CV axle this weekend. I used http://www.offroadsolutions.com/products/high-angle-inner-cv-boot/, comes with clamps and grease. I'm going to do a DIY write up soon.

 

Please get rid of the pompous attitude. I have changed my CV boots more times than I care to count and I could probably do it better than you. We all have to learn how to do things from somewhere, so I don't care for your spark plug comment. I am a young mechanic and know how to do more maintenance on my vehicle than 99% of 50 year olds do, why? Because helpful people educate me on how to do things PROPERLY. I am asking a simple question, if there are good boots out there or not, for lifted applications. I still have not made a purchase decision yet. And quite frankly, OEM boots are shit, so you comparing what you say is shit, to shit doesn't mean a thing to me. On 2.5" of lift and highway driving, I'm lucky if OEM boots last two years. I'm looking for something better. Remove yourself from this thread and do something else with your life besides creeping on people's posts from a year ago so you can make a stupid "gotcha" jab. :flipoff:

 

Thank you sir! I will keep an eye out for your write up! $54 is pretty steep for one boot though. Do you have a picture of what it looks like underneath? How much lift are you running?

 

Well, your welcome for me coaching you thru your first two boot slide attempts. Sorry you didn't succeed, most folks do.
Your thread is titled high angle boots, you came across SDHQ, I told you the facts. You will never get anywhere as a "young mechanic" if you can't take some ribbing.

One last try.
The ORS orange boot is a "930" type that clamps on top of the cut off portion of an OEM boot because they are round, not "Tri-lobed" like a Taco. This is not the most reliable set up and it's been around for at least 15 years. There are many different styles, colors and compositions of this "930" boot. Empi makes a bunch of them and CVJ offers them on their rebuilds for an extra charge. They all suffer from potential leakage or just plane popping off. One fellow on here just had a new one (installed by CVJ) rip. They warrantied it but that's no fun.

And I didn't even need to cuss.

 

My write up. https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/high-angle-inner-cv-boot-with-boot-slide-mod.382314/

 

No boot slide mod was necessary. All I did was band up the large outer openings nice and tight using their supplied band clamps then zip tied up the inner openings relatively tight just enough to allow it to slide up and down the shafts if they have pulling tension occuring, but at the same time keep the grease frm being flung out.

I find this extremely difficult to believe. The boot is clamped onto the shaft on both openings of it. The boot most likely suffers the same issues 2nd gen does where it is too short to handle the travel so it ends up excessively pulling on itself which results in tears or even slippage off its clamping surface later on down the road. I don'tknow what kind of driving you do, but I am undoubtedly sure it has the same characteristics of the 2nd gen.

Also, do us all a favor and lose the "I know more then all of you, so I am above you" attitude. It makes you come off as grandiose.

Agreed. This guy is talking to us like we just insulted his great ancestors when we have never met or spoke to the guy a day in our lives. I'm sure that attitude sure gets you real far in life doesn't it pal.

 

Thank you for the useful input. As far as BSM goes, the issue now is not with the diff side of the boot tearing. Now the boots are tearing on the inner shaft side, likely due to the stress they have from being pulled. Next go around I will move the extra boot piece back on the groove a bit to resolve that (hopefully). But really the big issue at the moment is not with the inner boot but rather the outer. I have patched it with JB weld after pumping it with moly grease (though not sure if that's the correct type of grease... No one has replied to my other thread) but I need to fix it properly this weekend.