CV boots from Camry -- Gen 2
Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 11:16 pm
I used cv boot rubbers for a Toyota Camry on the outside cv joints for 1993 Gen 2 v44w. I don't know what year of Camry but perhaps the old body style. This boot is not as long as the original pajero boot but still fits fine.
The dealer wants about R700 for one bootkit. After being turned away from Midas and AutoZone for asking for a generic boot I was forced to buy from the dealer. My car is an import LHD and the VIN was not on the system, so I had a choice of two different part numbers. I chose the one they had in stock and proceeded to remove the old torn boot. Just in case, with old boot in hand I went back to Midas and asked to match up with anything that would work and was cheaper. This way I could help some of you! After all, this is just a piece of rubber! Nothing doing as Midas really did not have any boot that "large" and would not help me look thru their stock. So back to the workshop to fit the dealer boot. But wait, later it came off on the test drive around the carpark. How many of you test drive everything after a repair or fit? My motto is always assume it does not fit or will fail within 10km! That way I'm pleasantly surprised when a repair holds together. The boot slipped off of the big outside of the joint where there is a groove for the circi clip fit around. Back to refit again. Remember, this is not a slow or easy job! Again I headed out but got distracted and drove about 100 meters to another shop and around a couple of turns in the carpark. After coming back to the car an hour later, I was reminded to check the boot. You guessed it, off it came again. Now, it appears that the dealer boot was just 2mm too wide on the big side. Not enough of a difference to see with the eye by comparing the old one to the new. So back to Midas and after some pleading and begging they brought out all the boots and we took a chance with the camry boot. Now back to the workshop and sadly cutting off the new expensive boot as the clips are not reusable and I had already used the dealer clips and grease etc. The camry boot was a tigher fit and had to be stretched slightly to get around the joint. but it is still on and working fine.
The dealer wants about R700 for one bootkit. After being turned away from Midas and AutoZone for asking for a generic boot I was forced to buy from the dealer. My car is an import LHD and the VIN was not on the system, so I had a choice of two different part numbers. I chose the one they had in stock and proceeded to remove the old torn boot. Just in case, with old boot in hand I went back to Midas and asked to match up with anything that would work and was cheaper. This way I could help some of you! After all, this is just a piece of rubber! Nothing doing as Midas really did not have any boot that "large" and would not help me look thru their stock. So back to the workshop to fit the dealer boot. But wait, later it came off on the test drive around the carpark. How many of you test drive everything after a repair or fit? My motto is always assume it does not fit or will fail within 10km! That way I'm pleasantly surprised when a repair holds together. The boot slipped off of the big outside of the joint where there is a groove for the circi clip fit around. Back to refit again. Remember, this is not a slow or easy job! Again I headed out but got distracted and drove about 100 meters to another shop and around a couple of turns in the carpark. After coming back to the car an hour later, I was reminded to check the boot. You guessed it, off it came again. Now, it appears that the dealer boot was just 2mm too wide on the big side. Not enough of a difference to see with the eye by comparing the old one to the new. So back to Midas and after some pleading and begging they brought out all the boots and we took a chance with the camry boot. Now back to the workshop and sadly cutting off the new expensive boot as the clips are not reusable and I had already used the dealer clips and grease etc. The camry boot was a tigher fit and had to be stretched slightly to get around the joint. but it is still on and working fine.
