I just recently completed an engine build and put the car back together and took it out for a test drive. When I returned I noticed some CV joint grease sprayed around the inside of my front wheels.

I removed the wheels and axles from the car for a closer look and I had a real hard time finding the holes as they were so small. Each side had a hole the size of a pin *****. I'm just wondering what people have used that has worked for them, to patch these holes without having to replace the boot. I'm thinking something like silicone gasket sealer should work, anyone else do anything like this successfully?

 

Naah man, the silicone wont bond with the rubber, thus when you turn you're gonna rip it up, plus you're gonna tear the hole bigger too. I'd say replace it now before it gets worse.

 

The pin hole is on the outer edge of the boot (big end) next to the clamp. It's not in an area that flexes regularly like the folded areas. I'm thinking, some brake cleaner, a little light scuffing and some silicone should hold such a small hole.

 

I'd use vulcanizing glue. Silicone isnt exactly a glue you know.

 

i would just reaplce the Cv boot instead of trying to patch it. If the cv looses enough grease all becuase you wanted to patch it you will be looking into buying a new axle or axles rebuilding that joint with spare axle parts. You will know when you joint is bad when you start hearing it to click. Is this inner or outer boots?

 

outer and again it is literally a pin hole...hard to actually even see it. If it was torn I'd simply replace it. If the seal holds, I just saved a lot of time and money, if it doesn't I'll have to replace the boots anyway.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 00Red_SiR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">outer and again it is literally a pin hole...hard to actually even see it. If it was torn I'd simply replace it. If the seal holds, I just saved a lot of time and money, if it doesn't I'll have to replace the boots anyway.</TD></TR></TABLE>
so sounds like you got your answer since your going to do the cheap way around the problem why ask ? sounds like this has been a waste of time dont you think ?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dtapia &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
so sounds like you got your answer since your going to do the cheap way around the problem why ask ? sounds like this has been a waste of time dont you think ?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Try reading my original post again and see if you have the grade 3 comprehension level required to understand what I was asking. At this point it doesn't appear that you do, so why don't you take a hike if you have nothing positive to contribute.

For anyone else struggling to understand what I'm asking:

Simplified question: Has anyone ever used anything to seal up a small pin hole in a non flex part of their cv joint boot?

Answer: Yes, I tried this or know a guy who used this and it worked great.

No, I tried this or these things and nothing worked for me, had to replace the boot.

Whatever answers I get will be helpful because it's shared knowlege. I priced out from Honda today what it would cost for them to change the CV boots on my axles if I was to give them the axles. Answer: $66.50 for each boot and 1.5 hours of labour at $85/hour = $299.57 including tax! If I go for remanufatured axles, I'm still looking at a couple hundred dollars.

The whole point of this post is to be creative and try and fix a VERY minor problem using some creativity. If it works, I'll save myself some money and be able to share the information here with others, so everyone will benefit. This is why I have already decided to try and fix it with or without H-T's help, I have nothing to lose and everything to gain. If it doesn't work, I'll have to pay the money anyway. We don't throw away tires when they run over a nail, so what's the harm in trying to fix a small pinhole in a CV boot??

You never get anywhere in life if you don't try new things..

 

I know this is 4 years old, but did you have any luck with this? I just completed a trans swap and noticed a tiny pin hole in one of the boots on the drivers side, it seems small enough to where an rtv adhesive or something might be able to patch it up. Heres for hoping

 

Isn't it like 10 bux for a new boot and its an easy thing to fix really if you know how to pull the axle you can replace a boot lol I would think it would cost more to try to find ghetto ways to fix it than to just do it right

 

That is not what I asked. It's an inner boot, so I would have to pull and break down the axle in order to replace the boot. You can buy those boot repair kits which has a seam that you glue together, so you don't have to pull the axle, but I guess I could just try and use that glue to seal it... It's literally a pin hole, and the point is I think it can be fixed without pulling the axle. Not trying to 'ghetto' fix it, I don't think it's necessary to replace the entire boot, but there's only one way to find out.

 

I've used Honda-Bond to repair an accidental puncture caused durring disassembly.

 

And it was successful? I will give it a shot

 

yep worked like a charm, thanks.