Re: [FWDLK] Need to borrow someone's spare driveline rubber "dust shield"

[jrawa@xxxxxxx]

i havent done it myself yet, but i suggested it to someone - they did it and said it worked out...

get a CV "repair" boot- they are slit and have the same accordian/beehive shape as our b-n-t seals... a little larger though... cutting it down to narrow the diameter works out, face the seam opposite the common fwd rotation, and attach it with heavy duty zip ties, oppose them for balance, not like it matters.... daily driving all weather for about 4 yrs now in a 61 dodge with no issues- and you wont have to disassemble the driveshaft to get it on, done all in-car

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From: Eastern Sierra Adjustment Svc <esierraadj@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sun, 31 May 2009 9:58 pm
Subject: [FWDLK] Need to borrow someone's spare driveline rubber "dust shield"

As we all should know, this tubular-triangular corrugated-rubber guy is not a grease seal, but serves to protect.... 
(very temporarily, before it quickly self-destructs, and which also happens to be a beotch to install).... the driveline's 
front trunion-joint, from road dirt, etc. 
 
I've checked around, and can't seem to find one for sale, right now. 
 
I'm thinking that I could get a local leather shop to make a fully functional facsimile of this guy, which might lace-up 
around itself, as I have heard that there have been leather dust boots created, in the past. 
 
If someone will lend me an example, I will have my shop (if it can be done, and I don't see why it couldn't be 
done) use it as a template to make up a "permanent" leather dust boot, and will give the 'lender' a free copy 
of the leather-guy (along with the return of his rubber-boot!) 
 
If this project works out, I'll refer the rest of y'all to that shop, which will have the template(s) to reproduce these 
dust boots. 
 
...Unless, of course, someone can steer me to a shop which is ALREADY capable of turning out these leather 'boots'.  
Neil Vedder 
 
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