Axle Boot Sealant?

sander288 "Bolt-on Master"

1,404 posts · joined Aug 2008 · 24 Feb 2011, 10:48 am

#827997

I've searched the forum and google'd it (Sides!)

I havn't been able to find what type of sealent people are using when replacing axle boots. (Swing axle).

Do I use any at all?

The bently manual I have suggest that it should be done using VW sealant ### but obviously this doesn't exist anymore.

Can anyone help?

If it helps I got the best boots that Boris had at Vintage.

Cheers

Shaun

BMW R65 LS
1967 1300 Deluxe
Swing-axles FTW ❗

66brm Seriously Crusin Dubber

140 posts · joined Nov 2009 · 24 Feb 2011, 11:01 am

#827999

I don't use any sealant on mine, make sure all the surfaces are smooth and clean, then tighten em up gently, the screws along the split is done up till the washers JUST start to bulge the rubber a teeny bit, then do the hose clamps up the same, not so the oil can get out but not enough to squeeze the rubber from under the clamp.

hellbugged 48's and straight cuts

5,080 posts · joined Apr 2003 · 24 Feb 2011, 11:04 am

#828000

none

Tighten the outer hose clamps when the car is on the ground

Joins and all their screws at 45 degrees

sander288 "Bolt-on Master"

1,404 posts · joined Aug 2008 · 24 Feb 2011, 3:46 pm

#828031

So the procedure is

jack up car and place jack stands under

remove old boot and then clean axle

jack up under axle/wheel to get axle level

replace new boot and place hose clamps on loosely and then tighten the bolts to be firm not tight

then lower car down off jack stands and tighten the hose clamps when car is back on ground?

Cheers

SHaun?

BMW R65 LS
1967 1300 Deluxe
Swing-axles FTW ❗

sander288 "Bolt-on Master"

1,404 posts · joined Aug 2008 · 24 Feb 2011, 3:47 pm

#828032

there shouldn't be a question mark after my name; i'm pretty sure I know it was me typing! 😵‍💫

BMW R65 LS
1967 1300 Deluxe
Swing-axles FTW ❗

HappyDaze Superannuated

2,887 posts · joined Jun 2009 · 24 Feb 2011, 7:08 pm

#828066

sander288 wrote:there shouldn't be a question mark after my name; i'm pretty sure I know it was me typing! 😵‍💫

Im not so sure! Who is this SHuan?

I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!

sander288 "Bolt-on Master"

1,404 posts · joined Aug 2008 · 24 Feb 2011, 7:09 pm

#828067

my south american cousin...

believe it or not my uncle spells his name that way because my grandmother wanted to call him Juan but in 1957 it didn't sit well with the family!
😂

BMW R65 LS
1967 1300 Deluxe
Swing-axles FTW ❗