My most recent. Just a few weeks ago I was changing outer tie rod ends and ball joints on one of my cars and couldn't get one bolt loose so I took the grinder with a cutoff blade to it. I was so focused on cutting the bolt I didn't see the rubber CV boot and cut it wide open. I went to AZ and bought a Dorman split boot to fix it. I think that was the biggest piece of junk I've ever bought. While spreading the boot open enough to put it around the axle the boot ripped. I ended up ordering a Bailcast boot out of the UK and had wait a couple weeks for delivery. It was either wait on a decent split boot or pull the axle to replace it. The Bailcast CVS 18 universal boot is a well made boot if anyone ever needs one. I glued together the piece I had to trim off to make it fit then pulled on it as hard as I could. The piece didn't tear nor did the glue joint break.
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