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Should I do this myself or take it to a shop?
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 9:19 am 
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Have PLENTY of rags with ya when yer messing with the stuff though, it's a special form of jumping grease which will find any part of your anatomy which comes within six feet of the crap.


LOL mexican jumping grease? hahaha

What method to clean everything up? buckets of degreaser? Metholated spirits? petrol? all the above?

It's going to be a fun weekend!!! :lol:

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Hey I got the boot kits from Karcraft and they all come with pissy plastic cable ties!!!!!! :shock: :x

Should I not be using the metal type ties to secure the boots?? these plastic cable ties look very dodgey! So what's better, metal clip type or these plastic type??

Boot "kit" indeed :roll:

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How much did ya pay for your CV boots??

For sure I'd be wanting the steel binding straps. I bought my outers from one joint, and the inners from another. one of the outers came with cable ties. I know where I'll be getting my bits and pieces from now on.

Cable ties are easier to put on, but the steel straps do work better if ya can get them up nice and tight. I think lockwiring the boots would be better than cable ties. Just takes a little bit of skill.

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$10.80 for the outers and $10.39 for the inners. I guess it was a cheaper kit cause I've seen the $16 kits. And I thought they were all the same!!! :(

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Damnnnnn. and I paid 20 bucks a kit, and still got cable ties on one outer boot. the two outers had no grease either

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www.karcraft.com.au They are cheap I'll give them that! next day delivery, not a bad service... email them for a catalogue.

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Got mine earlier this week LOL

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LMFAO, hmmmmmmm. Why people like Snap-on, I have absolutely bloody no idea. I'll admit that in quite a few cases their specialist tools have saved me a lot of heartache. But for the price, I dont believe they are really worth it..


They are widely used in the aircraft industry, accurate dimensional construction and quality materials....you don't get anything for nothing......just wish I'd bought some when they were three and fourpence!!! :shock:

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$19.50 each CV boot i was quoted. Theyre being done at the mechanics now... he found that they were worn while he's putting the new 1100 in so i said if theyre that cheap i might as well get them done.
Also, he said shards had been shredded off the clutch plate. NFI why. 77 bux for a recond something or rather. Didnt catch what he said


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Last time i did CV Boots they were free. I asked the local guy if he would do it for me as i was being lazy at the time. He walk out the back, picked up two boots, gave them to me and told me to go away. Funny eh!


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I called around, $1 per pair of metal boot strap ties :shock: that was at a CV place in Granville.

Yeap I am loaded up with my cousin's snap-on breaker bar, snap on 32 piece 1/2" socket set, a CV boot strap tightenning tool thingy (looks like an awesome gadget!), a mallet, a ball joint separator fork thingy, his $600 snap on torque wrench (although he says he never uses it, he reckons doing it by feel and experience is more accurate than a torque wrench :shock: :? ).

I am going to have fun tommorrow!!! :twisted: I have 1 weekend to return the lot! :shock:

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They are widely used in the aircraft industry, accurate dimensional construction and quality materials....you don't get anything for nothing......just wish I'd bought some when they were three and fourpence!!! :shock:


Yup, being in that exact industry, I value many of Snap-on's tools. Their offset ratcheting screwdriver has to be my favourite and their Ring type Torque extensions

Tools I am not so pleased with:
Screwdrivers(Maxitorque kicks butt here)
Break-action Torque Wrenches(always having trouble with calibration) I will admit that this is most often caused by not backing the spring off after use, which is operator error
1/4 Drive ratchets(ratchet mechanisms seem to wear and slip easily,
especially when one of the screws falls out, which happens all too often)

I acknowledge that these tools are used very frequently, and come in for quite a battering under the workload of 80 blokes

I know their are one or two others that we select other types over Snap-on. I recognise the quality behind the majority of Snap-on tools, but I really dont believe they are worth the money, except for the specialist tools no other manufacturer makes.

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I have no comment on tools :lol: esp borrowed tools hehe

A tool is better than no tool to me :wink:

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When it comes to socket sets there is some real crap about out there- but I think Sidchrome takes some beatingfor quality/price. They might be made in Taiwan now, but the quality is really good. They have a 3/8"-1/4" drive set has both Metric/Imperial for $99 at the moment- that is bloody good value. :D <edit> it goes up to 19mm & 3/4" A/F.
I don't like their hand spanners now though- too shiny and sharp and slippery. :cry:
I went to Toolworks and got some nice Japanese satin chrome ones instead...

Taxman will help me pay for the tools I just bought- I'm a big-time contractor now.. :P

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