is it just me?

[axeman]

pulled the the front drive shafts this afternoon as i wanted to regrease the CV joints as the tie thingy was letting grease past and making a mess around the breaks , firstly are the metle clip/things that hold the boots on avalibe to buy any where?

secondly i replace the tie rod ends 9 months ago, not with crappy ones, they were from tps so origional equipment, the have allread split on the rubber boot so failing, is this sort of wear normal i am gussing not? has any one returned any thing to tps? i under stand that all there stuff has a 2 year warwnty, but i an a bit buggered as i cant take the tie rod end to return it as the van will be off the road etc. are there any super tough ones out there?

neil

[..lee..]

we get our metal tie clip kits from a local motor factor. john rickards....01792 884118 although we`are a way away from you.

ball joint boot rubbers are the bane of my life. i`ve been meaning to chase up replacements. i`ve seen faffy coloured show ones somewhere but can remember where and dont know if they`d bee any more durable either.

lee.

[Aidan]

the late circlip is still available from vw, the early ones aren't but I have them in stock, ideally you want the correct crimp tool, but a pair of pincers and a hammer will suffice

never seen a tie rod end boot split, get a replacement from Baxter and send the old one back to TPS, I've never had a part fail inside 2 years from them

[SyncroSwede]

I bought the correct tool for the one-eared clamps (as I believe they're called) from GSF for about £12. I used it on my front CV boots as well as the fuel lines on my KTM. They do make it an easier job than pincers and a hammer!