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Guest · Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2005 9:58 am Post subject: CV Boot Replacement

Hi Guys,
Anyone got an easy way to replace the CV boot (wheel side), or do you have to try to get the nut off the axle etc.? Thanks.
Regards,
John

sleeping33 · Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 10:42 pm Post subject:

Universal split cv boot. Very Happy

The boot has a cut in the side so it can be slipped round the drive shaft.
Then you glue the split shut.

Comes in a kit from the motorfactors.

Ben_nz · Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 10:24 am Post subject:

Really?
Is it reliable or does it soon break at the join where you glued it?
I had my outer CV boots done in November, and then the other week one of them split again when I went to a track day. Must have been from the centrifugal forces of going over 180kph (on the track, not late at night on the way back to my motel). So it was back to the Fiat Uno courtesy car while the boot was changed again. I reckon I could handle fitting a universal split boot and save myself money.

Edward · Alfa 33 Joined: 21 Sep 2003 Posts: 307 Location: Bristol

You could try what I have done a number of times in the past - that is to thoroughly clean up the sides of the split with some spirit on a cotton bud, whilst pinching the sides and then superglue it together. Have done it twice now on different cars and it has worked a treat. I even got a sachet of hub grease and a syringe and injected the grease into the hub through the split before sealing it up. Worked a treat - MOT man was happy - both have lasted years. I was once told superglue was originally developed for use on rubber and it certainly works on the Alfa 33 type fitted to my car!

All started because I couldn't get the hub nut off the front and the previous owner had rounded it off slightly - it's still there as well.
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ChrisC · Alfa Sprint Joined: 13 Mar 2003 Posts: 152 Location: Frome

Superglue was actually originally developed for sticking skin together - save time spent doing stiches on the battlefield.
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paddy granger · Alfa Sprint Joined: 12 Aug 2003 Posts: 248

Edward · Alfa 33 Joined: 21 Sep 2003 Posts: 307 Location: Bristol

Chris,

Are you sure about that - was that in the Lancet or is that urban myth. I suppose if it does have cyanide as Paddy suggest maybe one could give it to the enemy wounded - he he! There are plenty of stories about people sticking their hands together with tubes breaking but I can't imagine medics on the battlefield running around with tubes of superglue.

Anyway, huge appologies if you are right and perhaps I should be less suspicious of these things.

By the way how is Frome. It seems there are a few 33 owners in the Frome, Chedder, Bristol, Clevedon, Weston area. A friend of mine knows the person who owns the Alfa garage in Cheddar that has closed recently. They were suggesting possibly meeting somewhere to share stories and tips - maybe I will list it on the activities page and see if there is any response.
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paddy granger · Alfa Sprint Joined: 12 Aug 2003 Posts: 248

Just looked it up quickly, as it is quite interesting stuff! Superglues are based on what are called cyanoacrylates, which is chemically very similar to Cyanide, but no where near as toxic.

Also found this interesting quote.

"Another interesting application is the use of cyanoacrylate to close wounds in place of stitches. Researchers found that by changing the type of alcohol in super glue, from ethyl or methyl alcohol to butyl or octyl, the compound becomes less toxic to tissue. With further research, the practice may become more widespread and could eventually replace the need for stitching up lacerations."

Basic description:

http://science.howstuffworks.com/question695.htm

Wink

ChrisC · Alfa Sprint Joined: 13 Mar 2003 Posts: 152 Location: Frome

im wrong

http://urbanlegends.about.com/cs/business/a/superglue.htm
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RFlower · Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 4:21 pm Post subject:

I believe the bit about mistaking the packagings, having mistaken ear drops for eye drops recently (very painful), and, once only, using embrocation for piles. Definitely not recommended.
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