Escy

a split rubber gaitor on a ball joint?

I've bought a brand new upper ball joint for my Levin. I've just gone to fit it and being a pillock, managed to damage the rubber boot, put a couple of small splits in it near the base.

I don't want to have to buy another as £50 is a joke for a ball joint, it's only a small thing

Anyone know if there are anyways to seal it up? Any glues, etc? Can you get universal boots? Can you melt some extra rubber and drip it onto the cracks (does rubber even melt and drip?)

Stu.H

rubber melts and drips,
get a lighter under some and see what happens

as for ut prob, im not commenting



useless reply i know

Cozzie Bhoy

Chuck it out and get a new one. No matter what you do with it, it won't last, Causing you more expense in the long run.

Escy

It's a £750 car, wheel bearing needed doing, so far the it's cost me £210 without labour - thats an expensive wheel bearing, not spunking another £50 on it unless I have to.

I'm a student tosser, cheap and chearful bodges are what I'm after.

jon@work

iTrader: (5)

super glue should do the job

Cozzie Bhoy

Ah well, In that case drive the hole out of it till it calfs on ya. Can't be fussy in them yokes. They're not the same anyhow without that clonking noise in the bends !

Anonymous

bit of silicon sealer would probably sort it and is fairly flexable.

will be better than nothing anyway

focusv8

Superglue works and lasts but the join has to be free of grease, use carb cleaner or similar, use a cotton bud don't spray the cleaner in and wash out all the grease from the join. I've done a few.

Or buy a new boot from ebay .
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BALL-JOINTS-TR...QQcmdZViewItem

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