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A CV Boot? I've just taken the car in for it's annual MOT and have been told it needs a new CV Boot. I'm not complaining, I actually really like the idea of taking the car to a qualified mechanic once a year and having it checked over. Much better than waiting till a disturbing noise becomes impossible to ignore, and then taking it in... :-O Anyway, can anyone tell me what a CV Boot does for my car?
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Thanks for the information (good link!) :) Edward Atwell wrote: From my experience, once the boot is ripped and needs to be replaced, you really need to replace the whole joint. Once they get dirt in there, they start to go bad. Interesting. Apparently this is costing me £55. Maybe a UK CPian will be able to judge from that whether the whole thing is being replaced, or just the boot.
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Thanks for the information (good link!) :) Edward Atwell wrote: From my experience, once the boot is ripped and needs to be replaced, you really need to replace the whole joint. Once they get dirt in there, they start to go bad. Interesting. Apparently this is costing me £55. Maybe a UK CPian will be able to judge from that whether the whole thing is being replaced, or just the boot.
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Photography - The product of my passionThe CV boot covers and protects the CV joint. It holds in lubricants and keeps out grit and other harmful bits*. The boot is cheap, just moulded rubber really. The joint is not, it costs a packet. When the boot starts failing bits get in and this can damage the joint. So without getting too technical; Rather be over protective with the boot and replace that, than wait and find you have to replace the joint as well. * Technical term used by mechanics to mean stuff
Paul Watson
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Cape Town, South AfricaCrikey! ain't life grand?
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Thanks for the information (good link!) :) Edward Atwell wrote: From my experience, once the boot is ripped and needs to be replaced, you really need to replace the whole joint. Once they get dirt in there, they start to go bad. Interesting. Apparently this is costing me £55. Maybe a UK CPian will be able to judge from that whether the whole thing is being replaced, or just the boot.
Look at the world about you and trust to your own convictions. - Ansel Adams
Photography - The product of my passionFor that price here you could perhaps get a mechanic to look under the car and tell you that you need a CV boot; actually replacing it will cost a lot more. I'm sure that the whole CV joint would cost far more than that, so it's probably just the boot that's being replaced.
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A CV Boot? I've just taken the car in for it's annual MOT and have been told it needs a new CV Boot. I'm not complaining, I actually really like the idea of taking the car to a qualified mechanic once a year and having it checked over. Much better than waiting till a disturbing noise becomes impossible to ignore, and then taking it in... :-O Anyway, can anyone tell me what a CV Boot does for my car?
Look at the world about you and trust to your own convictions. - Ansel Adams
Photography - The product of my passionI had one go a long time ago and you can tell without the aid of a mechanic when your cv joint itself is failing (as a result of the boot failing earlier) because you will hear a very distinctive "click click click" sound coming from that side of the front of the car when you make a sharp left or right turn (depending upon which side it's on).
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I had one go a long time ago and you can tell without the aid of a mechanic when your cv joint itself is failing (as a result of the boot failing earlier) because you will hear a very distinctive "click click click" sound coming from that side of the front of the car when you make a sharp left or right turn (depending upon which side it's on).
I've heard tell that if the click happens on right hand turns then it's the left CV joint that's stuffed, and vice versa (this is due to weight shift). I've also heard that if you know which side CV joint is stuffed then for a right-hand CV, a click on left means the outer joint, and a click on the right means inner joint (reverse for left hand problems). cheers, Chris Maunder
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A CV Boot? I've just taken the car in for it's annual MOT and have been told it needs a new CV Boot. I'm not complaining, I actually really like the idea of taking the car to a qualified mechanic once a year and having it checked over. Much better than waiting till a disturbing noise becomes impossible to ignore, and then taking it in... :-O Anyway, can anyone tell me what a CV Boot does for my car?
Look at the world about you and trust to your own convictions. - Ansel Adams
Photography - The product of my passionMegan Forbes wrote: A CV Boot? I don't know but if you find some OpenCV[^] C++ functions for facial recognition, please let me know;P Later,
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The CV boot covers and protects the CV joint. It holds in lubricants and keeps out grit and other harmful bits*. The boot is cheap, just moulded rubber really. The joint is not, it costs a packet. When the boot starts failing bits get in and this can damage the joint. So without getting too technical; Rather be over protective with the boot and replace that, than wait and find you have to replace the joint as well. * Technical term used by mechanics to mean stuff
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaCrikey! ain't life grand?
Is there a technical terms dictionairy anywhere ? Elaine (literate fluffy tigress) The tigress is here :-D
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I had one go a long time ago and you can tell without the aid of a mechanic when your cv joint itself is failing (as a result of the boot failing earlier) because you will hear a very distinctive "click click click" sound coming from that side of the front of the car when you make a sharp left or right turn (depending upon which side it's on).
I had some new tyres fitted a few years ago and on driving home everytime I took a corner there was this horrible click click click noise and the car shook a bit. Crikey. I took the car into the garage that sold it to me, friendly bunch. From my description the guy said "Oh, definitley your CV joints, probably need replacing". So I left it with them. The next day I get a phone call. "Hey Paul, all fixed. No charge." Wow! No charge for replacing my CV whatsamacalits. However it turns out it was not my CV joints at all. The tyre guys had not tightened the nuts on my wheels properly, on the front left there was just one nut holding the whole wheel on (the other three could be turned with your fingers). Also you should preferably replace your CV boots before you start hearing those clicking sounds as that is normally the CV joints themselves going. Regular servicing should check for CV boot wear.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaCrikey! ain't life grand?
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Is there a technical terms dictionairy anywhere ? Elaine (literate fluffy tigress) The tigress is here :-D
I don't know of any mechanical ones, but there are ones for IT online of course. e.g. http://whatis.techtarget.com/ Google is your best bet though. I just did a search for "CV boots" and the 5th link was a description.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaCrikey! ain't life grand?
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For that price here you could perhaps get a mechanic to look under the car and tell you that you need a CV boot; actually replacing it will cost a lot more. I'm sure that the whole CV joint would cost far more than that, so it's probably just the boot that's being replaced.
"Nobody is Ugly at 2AM"
Roger Wright wrote: I'm sure that the whole CV joint would cost far more than that, so it's probably just the boot that's being replaced. I think you're right, it was just the boot. The good news is that £103 later our little jam-jar has been given a clean bill of health. Considering it's 9 years old and we bought it for only £595 about 5 months ago I'm pretty delighted with the news. Pretty unusual to do so well with a second hand car (at least in my up-until-now painful experience).
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I've heard tell that if the click happens on right hand turns then it's the left CV joint that's stuffed, and vice versa (this is due to weight shift). I've also heard that if you know which side CV joint is stuffed then for a right-hand CV, a click on left means the outer joint, and a click on the right means inner joint (reverse for left hand problems). cheers, Chris Maunder
Whatever, the problem comes from the side where the click happens :-D I would rather have described the sound as a "clong". Funny how we translate the sounds we're are used too, and how it may differ according the language.
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Whatever, the problem comes from the side where the click happens :-D I would rather have described the sound as a "clong". Funny how we translate the sounds we're are used too, and how it may differ according the language.
Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed - Dwight D. Eisenhower
KaЯl wrote: Whatever, the problem comes from the side where the click happens I don't think your advice is technical enough, and is only reliant on logic. :-) Regardz Colin J Davies
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A CV Boot? I've just taken the car in for it's annual MOT and have been told it needs a new CV Boot. I'm not complaining, I actually really like the idea of taking the car to a qualified mechanic once a year and having it checked over. Much better than waiting till a disturbing noise becomes impossible to ignore, and then taking it in... :-O Anyway, can anyone tell me what a CV Boot does for my car?
Look at the world about you and trust to your own convictions. - Ansel Adams
Photography - The product of my passionMegan Forbes wrote: I've just taken the car in for it's annual MOT and have been told it needs a new CV Boot. I'm not complaining, If you were real tight for cash, I would suggest just getting a role of rubber tape and binding the cover well. Then don't turn any sharp corners. Also normally when they switch the boot/cover they will replace the grease. Regardz Colin J Davies
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**The minion's version of "Catch :bob: "It's a real shame that people as stupid as you can work out how to use a computer. said by Christian Graus in the Soapbox
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KaЯl wrote: Whatever, the problem comes from the side where the click happens I don't think your advice is technical enough, and is only reliant on logic. :-) Regardz Colin J Davies
*** WARNING *
This could be addictive
**The minion's version of "Catch :bob: "It's a real shame that people as stupid as you can work out how to use a computer. said by Christian Graus in the Soapbox