Technical Fitting Inner CV boot 4x4.

[Trusham]

I posted earlier about a misdiagnosed oil leak from Bell housing.
It as actually from the right inner CV boot. The boot is in good condition so I think that the boot didn’t seat properly on the machined face. I have spent all day trying to get the metal ring and boot to go together properly. The boot just wants to pop out of some part of the retaining ring circumference. I have had the thing apart many times in the past and don’t remember this agro before. I still have the old boot and it looks identical. The boot seems too small to slide over the machined gearbox ring. Any ideas? Anybody else spent a day covered in oil wrestling with this? (yes I did drain it)

There is also a minor leak from the left side, from behind the ali plate. I guess that might be the o ring. Its not the boot itself in either case.

 

[Bougainvillea Rosso]

The boot design on the 4x4 in my experience is awful. It seems like a case of pot luck but they often just leak a bit (although it sounds like you have a more serious problem on one side?). The redesigned boots with the metal bearing are a lot better but the drive shaft is a bit different to accommodate them I think. I've found that getting the right gear oil has helped matters.

 

[purple haze]

Quick update.....the diesel oil i was recomended to use in the 4x4 box by Comma oils is working great...and so cheap!!!...sorry its abit OT post. May help if your low on funds and need to replace the oil. Sounds like a right pain your having there with the boot.

 

[xsparky]

Was that just straight pump diesel Kev?

Mike

 

[purple haze]

Was that just straight pump diesel Kev?

Mike

Haha....Nah...the diesel ENGINE oil from Comma...the comma oils book in my motor factors recomended it for panda 4x4 gearbox's..gets the ....from me!!!..£12 for 5ltrs

 

[CLXCraig]

Thats very cheap!!

 

[xsparky]

Haha....Nah...the diesel ENGINE oil from Comma...the comma oils book in my motor factors recomended it for panda 4x4 gearbox's..gets the ....from me!!!..£12 for 5ltrs

I was being serious! I knew a guy years ago who ran a fleet of compressors for the council, and they quizzed him why the service life of his machines was longer than anyone elses, apparently his "secret" was that he used Diesel as the lubricant, not that it would need the shear strength of a gearbox oil still, it makes you think...

Mike