Yesterday.....

[Ldub]

That reminds me tho:

MechaTechs come in one size fits all (inners & outers)

Dorman grey are only available for outer (I think) & blacks are only for inners (I think).

AutoZone indicates a different part number for inners & outers too.

What gives ... are inners & outers supposed to be the same or not???

When I took my old ones off last Sunday, I set them side by side & they looked the same to me.
The Mec-a-tecs are the same size (all four in the kit), & they seemed to fit the same, wether on the inner or outer.
But then again, my perception of things has been known in the past to a bit hazy...

[tom4bren]

"I set them side by side & they looked the same to me"

That's what I thought too - so it boggles the mind that most companies list them with different part numbers.

[taylorRichie]

I bought two of the same Part number Dorman Blacks for both my inner and outer. I also did no trimming of the boots after installation.

I have one stock boot from the outer I replaced, but hindsight probably should have left. It was/is still in good shape.

[tom4bren]

"I have one stock boot from the outer I replaced"

Yeah, I've still got 2 OEMs & one used MechaTech. The MechaTeck has a small tear where the small band cut into it - should be reparable with some RTV since it won't flex there.

"take a platic bag, wrapped it around the geasey boot, then used duct tape."

GTK for emergency road repair. THX. Glad you caught it before any damage was done.

[LittleBeast]

When I took my old ones off last Sunday, I set them side by side & they looked the same to me.
The Mec-a-tecs are the same size (all four in the kit), & they seemed to fit the same, wether on the inner or outer.
But then again, my perception of things has been known in the past to a bit hazy...

Yeah all the Dormans look exactly the same besides the color, but I know that the grey's as supposedly supposed to be on the inner cv's

[JHarris1385]

I am getting under mine today.

I bought some magic wrap rubber tape: http://bearep.com/index.cfm?fuseacti...Product_ID=732

should take care of it for now....

[tom4bren]

"I bought some magic wrap rubber tape"

Is that the stuff that they use for plumbing repairs? Never thought of using that (but grease could still be a problem tho).

I should've opened the link before I asked - sorry.

I've used that stuff for plumbing & other stuff (including the Tone hitch install). It does work great - just don't let it touch itself until you want it to. It works best if it's stretched but that won't help for your project.

[JHarris1385]

It did not work. I read in another thread about the use of plumbing tape for this temporary fix.

I ended up using a plastic bag and duct tape.