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06-04-2015, 01:38 AM | #15 |
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These were good for about 2 days of dd 10miles a day
Installed by a professional shop. When car was on the lift i did not see any tears. |
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If anyone is interested: I know whiteline discontinued these, but there are still some available. I had the same problem with my kit. After being installed for around 6 months, one of the ball joint boots was torn, and the other, as well as the two tie rod ends were about to tear. In Oder to get them replaced, or get my money back, I was going to have to pull them all off, send them back, wait for a determination, and then get a replacement set or a credit. Meanwhile, put stock stuff back on and pay for re-alignment. No thanks. I found this website http://dustboots.eu/catalogs/ball-jo...boots-size.htm. When I measured the stock boots from my Oem parts, then found the closest fit on that website, it took me to an eBay vendor. I ordered these two: http://www.ebay.com/itm/161717483491...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT, and http://www.ebay.com/itm/161802538801...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT. I have them on now, they are polyurethane, and much tougher than the whiteline dustboots. They are slightly larger, which is what I believe was the problem with whiteline ball joint boots- too small. There was zero contamination in the one with the torn boot, as I believe I caught it in time. Anyway, buys me some time to get some better roll center ball joints. BTW, I love the whole of all my suspension mods. These fixed the vagueness I felt in the steering when I lowered my car.
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The bigger one I used on the ball joint, smaller on the tie rod. I ordered several sizes, but these worked. They don't have the exact sizes that I measured. I even reused the metal retainers on the new boots. The top one on the ball joint I had to spread a little using needle nose pliers. I placed the metal ring on the outside of the pliers jaws, then spread it open. Once installed, I crushed it back on with channel locks.
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Just installed mine today, went straight for the polyboots you ordered. Looking at the Whiteline ones I took off you could almost say they are identical on both the tie rod and the LCA. But decided to follow your advice. For anyone else reading: What I did with the big dust boot however is install the top retainer while the dust boot was off, then slid it on to the ball joint. Found it a lot easier this way and I could crush it closed a lot better. |
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Have these other dust boots been holding up well? I have a set of these and I’m most likely going to change the boots before installing them in the first place.
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Yes, still good
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Whiteline recently released a revised version of this kit. I'm assuming the new ones don't have the tearing problem with the dust boots. Can anyone confirm?
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It looks like it was around 4-6mm, I didn't measure. I am sure they would tell you if you contacted them and asked.
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Also wondering as I’m quite interested in this
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