CV Boot

Hello everybody. I was under my truck this morning wiping grease off my SPC UCA boots when I noticed a small tear on my CV boot. It’s torn on the passenger side that comes out from the engine bay (not closest to the tire) How overly concerning does this look and how much longer can I get outta them? Now I’m freaking out on how bad it could be. Thanks in advance.

 

You got plenty of time to get that fixed. You could clean it up and apply some RTV to buy even more time.

 

What is RTV? But sounds good. Got curious and looked some up on here and there’s far far worse out there. It’s my daily driver, hardly sees any off road. If anything just dirt roads in fall & winter for hunting purposes. Drive it less than 500 miles a month on average

 

Yeah, that boot is done. You can try and clean the grease off and hit it with some silicone. It might buy you a little time, but both boots on that driveshaft should be replaced. Not really that hard to do yourself if you have some basic tools.
I'd take a close look at the other side and look for deep cracking.

 

It's not bad enough to be freaking out.
On a scale of 1 -10. It's a 2, maybe.

Get to it when you have time. It's nothing that needs fix today.
Not unless you plan to submerge axle in water up to the boot.

Again, Don't stress over it. Fix it when you can.
For me, that would be anywhere from 6 weeks to 6 months
Or longer

Don't be me. Be you. Do it sooner than later.

 

You can seal it. Mine tore so I put new $20 dealer boot kit on.

mistake I made was not doing the boot slide mod, or CVJ red boots that are longer to tear less.
I’ve heard orange RCV boots offer this benefit too.

 

This is a $10 problem if you fix it soon (like within a month or so): https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=1378666&cc=1431544&pt=2284

As shown in the video, you don't need to pull the inboard CV joint cup out of the front diff: