I have had a torn boot for 6 weeks now passeenger side and dealt with it today. For the last 8 weeks I have driven with a brump brump brummump noise. I thought it was my uneven tires. not. bought new cooper ht plus. I thought I had bad wheel bearings...even tore a back axle off cause I was convinced that was the problem. Finally I lifted my passenger side front with a jack and spun the front tire by hand while I observed the cv joint. With each rotation it would push slightly upward on the front differential. So today I ripped that half shaft out by its neck! Now I would like to ring the neck of the person who put the tripod style joint on because the standard replacements are the 6 bearing type. So the inner cup is tripod. I ordered an entire full shaft with cup for 54 bucks. Now I need a few more hours to drop the differential in order to put the inner cup on. AND I will drop the diff an inch or so at that time. Well thanks for letting me chime in and I live in Fl. too but Fort Myers.