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From: Jeff Strickland on 19 Mar 2007 13:18

"Noon-Air" <Noon-Air(a)comcast.net> wrote in message
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>I am assuming that your in Kalifornia..... and that there is a boot on one
>side but not the other??


He's not in California. CA does not have the inspection he is trying to
pass. We have smog nazis that check emissions, but nobody seems to care that
axle boots are missing or torn.


From: al on 19 Mar 2007 21:29
On Mar 19, 12:32 pm, "Jim Smith" <j_h_sm...(a)comcast.net> wrote:
> Not emissions, vehicle state inspection. We have to do this in order to get
> tags and registration when you want to put a vehicle on the road. I just
> bought the 4Runner, replaced the engine, got most of the vehicle ready for
> the inspection, but can only find the regular boot. Maybe I'll just tear
> the axle apart and do it the right way.
>
> "Noon-Air" <Noon-...(a)comcast.net> wrote in message
>
> news:dOadnQb0zsYIFWPYnZ2dnUVZ_uCinZ2d(a)comcast.com...
>
>
>
> >I am assuming that your in Kalifornia..... and that there is a boot on one
> >side but not the other??
> > Try this on for size.... being as the folks in the inspection stations are
> > not too bright, continue your search for TWO new boots.
> > Remove the other one and do the smog check with no boots. It will probably
> > go through with no problems. Consider... if they see only one, they want
> > to know where the other one went... if they don't see any.....duh,
> > ok.....PASS
>
> > I still have yet to figure our what CV joint dust boots have to do with
> > engine emissions.
>
> > "Jim Smith" <j_h_sm...(a)comcast.net> wrote in message
> >news:cpudndvuCOmu5WPYnZ2dnUVZ_oCmnZ2d(a)comcast.com...
> >> "al" <abuo...(a)msn.com> wrote in message
> >>news:1174272575.419311.25320(a)l75g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>
> >>> I'm quite certain that I saw a generic split boot in a J. C. Whitney
> >>> catalog within the past year. I believe Autozone has them, or at
> >>> least the on-line catalog does. See the following link. Good luck.
> >>> Al
>
> >>>http://www.autozone.com/servlet/UiBroker?ForwardPage=/az/cds/en_us/09...
>
> >> The boot at Autozone isn't large enough. I need a 4 inch wide boot and
> >> all of the universal boots that I have found are too small. I'm still
> >> looking and hope to find one locally, but I'm not too hopeful. Seems
> >> like I can't find a split boot for the inner. I've been to web pages and
> >> shop all around the local area and can't find a split boot made for the
> >> 4Runner. I've got a line on a Dorman boot that will work, but not an
> >> exact match.
>
> >> I don't know if this was a local thing, but it seems like there aren't
> >> any available. We'll see.
>
> >> Thanks for the heads up.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Sounds like you might as well replace the axle shaft with a quality
remanufactured one and be done with it. If you can't find the right
size split boot and have to pull the axle shaft anyway, you're ahead
to replace the whole thing. A good reman is often reasonably priced.
Good luck. Al

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