Hi Doug,
Looking forward to your documentation, your pages:
http://members.cox.net/wilsond/ are very helpful.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
http://www.billhughes.com/

DougW wrote:
>
> Just finished putting a new CV boot on my ZJ.
>
> Not terribly hard, except for those three damn
> bearing to knuckle bolts that managed to break
> two of my el-cheapo sockets and required some
> back-woods engineering. (Had to put a jack under
> the breaker bar to get enough force to break the
> forward bolt free) Impressive for bolts that only
> go in to 75ft.lbs. But that was almost 13 years ago.
>
> Yep.. took photos. Gonna be a while before
> I can get them on-line or do a write-up.
>
> Only thing that bugs me is I think I didn't
> get enough air out of the boot, it's not as
> flat as the other side. But then again the
> silly boot only costs $11 so if it goes again
> I'll take another crack at it.
>
> Hmm... I might be able to get a new band clamp
> and just cut the old one off, burp it, and reclamp.
>
> Hibdon tires (who spotted the problem while doing
> my rotation/balance) wanted to charge $460 to half-shaft
> the axle. Kept on telling me how hard the job is.
> Jeep wanted over 80$ for the stupid boot. NAPA, as usual,
> came through at $11.
>
> In reality it's one of the dirtiest jobs I've ever done
> on the ZJ. Lots of grease everywhere, dirt to haul out
> of the axle, and cleaning the CV joint..
>
> --
> DougW