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Having trouble with my Brumby CV's.
Wondered if the following was a common problem.
Replaced both CV's in front. Only 100kms later the drivers side boot had split(one closest to motor).
Mechanic replaced for nothing.Told that it may be the heat from exhaust?
About 200 klms later the boot has split again.
From what I can see I'm wondering if it is rubbing on the steering shaft? About 1.5 - 2" clearance. Would this be possible?
No lift kit installed but have lifted it using the factory adjustments. Did this to stop me having to crouch to low to get in (6'2" tall)
Also is it possible to replace just the boot and not the whole assembly?
Any suggestions appreciated.

Regards,

Neil

if the mechanic has replaced the CV boot (or CV S) it should be covered,you can also change to boot only if needed.even without a liftkit you should not have any probs of rubbing.

crapola Brand of Boot?

nothing should be rubbing anywhere and the exhaust shouldnt be causing them to break at only a couple of hundred K's

My CV man in Toowoomba tells me that the drivers side usually goes first because of the heat from the exhaust, and that happened in my case, but I agree with Matatak, not after a couple of hundred K's. There was a discussion on this forum recently about inferior CV's being bought over the internet. So there are CV's and there are CV's. There is obviously an underlying problem there whether it is crappy product or mechanical (Rubbing etc). There should be a couple of rubber guards mounted on your tie rod ends also to further protect these boots.

My advice would be to find and stay with a reputed CV specialist. Ask around. Fitting charges are not that expensive and although I have replaced them myself there nothing like dropping the car off and letting someone else worry about that aspect of the vehicle that has the knowledge and tools to do the job.

But yes, you should be getting much much more from the CV's and boots.

Sounds like rubbish boots to me. If you can't get any sense out of your local people, you could always go to genuine boots. At least you know they are the best.

or what you are driving over stakng yer boots ?

I have CV boot guards

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