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sonett - fixing ripped boot on left axle

I rebuild the axles (cv joints, whatever you want to call them) not that long ago. And yet I got a tiny hole in the outer boot for the left axle. This flung grease into the wheel well. While I had the engine it was a good time to fix this issue.

I replaced both the inner and outer boots. The inner boot is not that expensive compared to the laber I was already putting in.

Once annoying thing is the boot clamps. One boot came with the correct sized clamps. The other came with clamps where were way to big. I had to buy an adjustable clamp locally. It is not as nice as a stainless steel crimp clamp, but it works well enough.

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the boots still look great
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how did this hole develop. Annoying
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grease on the splines during install made separating super easy
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Clip came in the kit, but I have no idea where it would be used. I pitched it
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clamp supplied in the kit is way to big. How annoying
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adjust clamp works fine. Cut off the excess
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