Rear Drive Shaft Boot
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If you’re going to take the effort to replace the boot, definitely slide the evap skid over just a bit (as mentioned with Teraflex vid) or relocate that evap all together with one of the kits…..otherwise it’s just going to happen again. That said, the boot is not THAT big a deal. It is there to protect the splines since they are not greaseable on the factory shaft. What will happen over an extended period of time is general exposure to the elements. This really isn’t a big deal, BUT, if you ever have to remove that DS (to regear for example), it will need to compress to get it off the pinion flange. Once compressed, it might not want to easily extended again to remount. That was the death or mine. (note - mine lasted 3.5 years in that state and only died due to what I described above. I believe it would have lasted much longer had I not regeared and had to remove it).
Another option is if you replace the boot, you can flip the DS around which moves the boot further away from the skid….but honestly, the TF route is a better way to go.
Depending on your wheelin style, you might just consider an aftermarket shaft with that lift somewhere along the line.
Another option is if you replace the boot, you can flip the DS around which moves the boot further away from the skid….but honestly, the TF route is a better way to go.
Depending on your wheelin style, you might just consider an aftermarket shaft with that lift somewhere along the line.
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My front boot ripped on a wheeling trip. It was like yours, I heard a terrible clacking sound over 20 mph. I crippled home and crawled under and saw the problem. I just cut it off and drove it for awhile with no problems. I ended up replacing it with an Adam's mainly because I had a big trip coming up and wanted to be as bulletproof as possible. The aftermarket shafts don't even have a boot over the splines, but they are greasable and the stock is not. I've read a few posts of people driving for years without the boot. I also read that you can zip tie a motorcycle inner tube in place of that boot.
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Of course.....more often than not if you're out wheelin it....you're looking at an aftermarket shaft somewhere along the line.....sooner or later.
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I wouldn't bother upgrading it right now. If anything, upgrade the front one. The rear will last like that for many years....it's just not a big deal. If you're going to upgrade because you have the budget and want to anyhow, then that's one thing, but don't feel like you need to replace that just because of the ripped boot.