RCV install help

Bebop · Apr 8, 2017

Hey Guys,

Any tips to install RCV axles in a Dana60?

I can't get the damn CV in the boot. It just pops out every time.

Thansk

Rokcrler · Apr 8, 2017

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3 zip ties slipped in like triangle orientation.
Wood block on splines, smack with hammer

Rokcrler · Apr 8, 2017

Breaks the vacuum/pressure seal

kmcminn · Apr 8, 2017

They are a bitch.

Bebop · Apr 8, 2017

Re:

Rokcrler said:
3 zip ties slipped in like triangle orientation.
Wood block on splines, smack with hammer

That's awesome !
I ended up removing the knuckles and it went in very easy.
I'll remember that !

jccarter1 · Apr 8, 2017

The easiest way I have found is take a heat gun and warm the boots and then just push the axle and it will pop in

BUG-E J · Apr 9, 2017

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Bebop said:
That's awesome !
I ended up removing the knuckles and it went in very easy.
I'll remember that !

Easiest way I have found. :****:

POR · Apr 12, 2017

Throw the boots in some boiling water for a few seconds. Works really well. That's the trick mr Bobby Long told me yrs ago

jeeptj99 · Apr 13, 2017

jccarter1 said:
The easiest way I have found is take a heat gun and warm the boots and then just push the axle and it will pop in

POR said:
Throw the boots in some boiling water for a few seconds. Works really well. That's the trick mr Bobby Long told me yrs ago

Would that mess with the warranty or anything like that? My buddy's boot we ripped installing it and they charged his ass for a new one.

Mortalis5509 · Apr 13, 2017

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jeeptj99 said:
Would that mess with the warranty or anything like that? My buddy's boot we ripped installing it and they charged his ass for a new one.

How much are the boots?

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croes · Apr 14, 2017

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Mortalis5509 said:
How much are the boots?

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$90 retail
$65 through a vendor usually

POR · Apr 15, 2017

jeeptj99 said:
Would that mess with the warranty or anything like that? My buddy's boot we ripped installing it and they charged his ass for a new one.

Nope they won't rip, you only have them in the boiling water for like 30 seconds makes them nice soft and pliable. They harden right back up when they cool off.

Rockwells607 · Apr 20, 2017

i did the same when I first installed a set, finally got mad and pried them on with a bar , I was able to get a few spindle nuts started so the shaft wouldn't pop out. you wont damage the boot they are a lot stronger then I thought