Hi all, has anyone replaced the CVT Boots/gaiters on a 1.9D?

MoT reports that the wheel end ones are split. Looking through the Peter Russek manual and some stuff on youtube suggests that each drive shaft needs to come out and then all four boots replaced.

Does anyone know any different? Can they be replaced without pulling the driveshafts from the gearbox? Because if I do that then it's gearbox draining and oil seal replacement (requiring a suitable mandrel, apparently)

Cheers

Driveshafts can stay in if its the outer ones, u will need a cone to widen boot to get it on, get the strethy boots

r masters said:

Driveshafts can stay in if its the outer ones, u will need a cone to widen boot to get it on, get the strethy boots

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Excellent news, based on that I just found this post (not a scudo, but seems to be suitable)

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-replace-a-CV-boot/

In the end I decided to replace the Offside CV joint at the wheel as I don't know how long the boot had been damaged (it was in two halves) and how much crud had got in. I had to make myself a sliding hammer to drift it off the driveshaft (which was fun).

The nearside CV boot is less damaged so I'll just cut it off, clean out the joint and regrease before stretching another boot over.

Of course all this leads to more things - detaching the O/S knickle from the wish bone showed that the rubber lower bush had split so I'll be putting in a new wishbone tooo.