Bigretardhead

one of the CV boots(the little rubber boots on the half-shafts) broke on my TII donor car. so I need to replace it. so my questions are:
anybody know how to replace the CV boots on these cars? specifically, 87' TII, the outer boot.?

also, where can I get a replacement boot? I went to NAPA, they said they couldn't find/order me a new outer boot, and there weren't any in surrounding stores or anything.

also, what do they cost?

any help is greatly appreciated.

rotary>piston

I'll do some looking too.
You could go to the dreaded dealer if you get desperate.

silverrotor

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If Mazda categorizes the CV Boots the same as Tie Rod Boots, than you will not be able to buy them alone. Comes complete as a assembly according to the Mazda parts guy I dealt with a while back.

J-Rat

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Okay, I just did this. I got the boot from Checkers for about $20. That was for one inner boot.

Now the hard part. You basically have to disassemble the ENTIRE assembly in order to remove the boot and install a new one. Like I said, I did the inner one, so the outer might be slightly different. I HIGHLY recommend that you get the Chiltons manual for this, OR, get someone to write the procedure down. I would do this but my chiltons isnt handy.

Jarrett

Bigretardhead

okay, victoria british has them. they're $9.95 each. the only problem is I'll have to order it.

so I guess I'll check at checker( ) and mazda dealer first. it appears that the outer boot is the same for FD and FC- they have the same part number.

thats no problem, the half-shafts are already out for my TII swap

I have the haynes manual, but the instructions really suck.

do you have to completely remove the bearing in order to take apart the axle? also, can I sand blast the shaft to remove all the crap if I avoid the bearing/joint/whatever, or will that damage it in any way?

thanks for the help

J-Rat

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The whole bearing assembly on the inner side had to come apart. Not hard to do, just a LOT of marking stuff to make sure it went back the same way. I did this with the halfshafts in place, so with them out, I am sure this is going to be quite easy.