I would remove the drive shaft from the Jeep, grease the drive shaft splines with general purpose grease, (applied with hands) compress the shaft all the way and reinstall the boot with zip ties.

 

Can you purchase a new boot? I'm missing what I beleive to be about 2" of the boot.

 

Good for you Or you could take it in and tell them exactly what happened and see if they will cover it. She was made to do this.
I always read they aren't servicable. I don't know that you'll be able to get a new stock boot. Prolly gonna have to construct one from something else. Good luck

 

Thanks for the advice. I took it. Stopped in early today to get an oil change on my wife's WK. I know most would say, "Why pay the dealer the change oil." Well, here is why. I talked to my Service Writer, who I'm getting to know. Reminded him of my lift, told him I tore the boot and I wanted to be upfront about everything and get a "Call" on filing it under my Lifetime Drivetrain warranty. Came back later in the day with the JK so that we could meet with the Service Manager. Explained the situation, asked them what they wanted to do. He decided, no pictures necesarry, they would take care of it under warranty, not a big deal. They too thought it was stupid that Chrysler did not put a serviceable shaft on there.

My plan is to modify the skid plate to accomodate and not tear it again. Interesting thing I learned as well. My Service writer mentioned that my lift is not a 2.5" its a 2" since Mopar has one and will honor it for warranty.

Will report back once I have it istalled.

 

Go flex it out then crawl underneath and look. From what I have seen, the edge of the skid will make some gouges and scrapes on the driveshaft itself, but it is the corner of the tranny pan that rips the boot. You won't be modifying the pan to stop this from happening to that brand new stock driveshaft, though I guess if you hit it hard enough, it will self-modify.

This is one of the reason that people recommend a 'thinner' aftermarket driveshaft, rather than keep replacing with those beastly stockers.