Hi Guys,

I hope someone can help me. Currently I am driving a Peugeot 407 Coupe and I always do everything on my cars. Last week I replaced the two lower balljoints and whilst doing it somehow I managed to create a small hole on the CV boot

I have glued it up but I doubt it will hold for a long time...

My only problem is that replacing the boot is someting I can't do, as without the tool which can expand the special boot to slide onto joint I would have to remove the whole thing.

So now I would like to look around to see whether there is a recommended garage in my area where I could take my car. Someone who will not fcuk it up, and also don't want it to cost an arm and leg...

If you know about a good garage in the Coventry area (I actually live in Nuneaton) please let me know. I am also willing to travel a bit for the right mechanic.

Thanks,

Tibi

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best 60' : 2.272
best 1/8 ET : 9.375 @ 74.42mph
best 1/4 ET: 14.603 @ 97.047mph

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This is really a very small hole the amount of grease which came out after a 150 mile jounrey was marginal. Some people would not even bother with it but I am not one of those...

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VTS
best 60' : 2.272
best 1/8 ET : 9.375 @ 74.42mph
best 1/4 ET: 14.603 @ 97.047mph

Team Trackday™

Just bang in a replacement shaft

you can buy boot kits thatt come with a cone to expand them. Under a tenner on ebay mate

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Haha this is strange!

I'm currently based in Coventry and replaced my balljoints a year ago, and about 2 weeks ago I realised I must have a tiny hole in my passenger side CV boot as there's grease all over the shop.

I can't hear any unusual knocking noises but will replace the shaft shortly.

On the garage side of things, I can't recommend anywhere in the immediate area but have had dealings with Carl (mechanical_repairs on here) and he's a good bloke. I doubt it would be much to get it done anywhere to be honest, it's a simple job at the end of the day.

If you can replace bottom ball joints tou can replace a driveshaft gaitor im sure. I have a cone which i bought for about 6 quid from my local factors. Stretchy boot plus oil cone equals easy job. The only hard part is getting the clips on and nipped correctly which really you want a set of pliers for but even those arent expensive. Can get a pair on ebay for 5 quid ish

quite hard to feck up a cv boot, stretchy ones are horrible though, just get the proper ones, outers tend to be thermoplastic on the larger outer joints on pugs, inners are rubber.

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