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Hey all. Was cleaning up the bike yesterday and saw that the back side of my shaft boot is all tore up and not a drop of grease to be found. Any reccomendations for grease? And what can I do to this boot to make it last for the season?
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The boot that joins the swing arm and the middle drive, no grease is in there anyway. The bearing son the U-joint are not really servicable. You could pull it apart and get grease in there, but by design they are not servicable.
As to the tears, you could try putting some electrical tape over the tears and then coating that with some RTV, or just use RTV depending on the size of the tear.Life is what happens while your planning everything else!
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Alright so is the boot just so stuff doesn't catch?82 XJ1100Comment
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That and to keep water,dirt, and other crud out of the driveshaft tube.Originally posted by Troney View PostGreg
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
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Too bad no one makes a boot for that like for front wheel drive cars that you can just kinda lace up.
Any way, I've got a couple used ones in good shape for $10.00 including shipping.Tom Clisham
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I'm in the pas Manitoba Canada wonder how much shipping would be?82 XJ1100Comment
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Shipping to Canada
Always a little more ( maybe double) & troublesome with customs, etc.
So, $15.00 shipped to you. Got more of these than I'll ever need.Tom Clisham
Age is relative YOU WON"T GET OLD TIL YOU SELL THE BIKE
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'78xs1100E ,all stock & original GONE TO WISCONSIN
'80 SG Vetter fairing,hard bags,trunk,fork brace,
stock headers with fishtail mufflers,black & beautiful GONE TO ARIZONA
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They do..........called a 'jiffy boot'.........and just hope U need it in a jiffy as it won't last. Normally, with cars, if the boot is shot, so is the CV joint............gee, we all are just full of info here........Originally posted by tom clisham View PostToo bad no one makes a boot for that like for front wheel drive cars that you can just kinda lace up.81H Venturer1100 "The Bentley" (on steroids) 97 Yamaha YZ250(age reducer) 92 Honda ST1100 "Twisty"(touring rocket) Age is relative to the number of seconds counted 'airing' out an 85ft. table-top.Comment
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yeah, thats because the CV boot holds grease. luckily our xs's dont, but def need protection. i believe how many parts powersports plus has for our bikes. and didnt think that boot was still available, but having members like Greg and Marty (who must have inevitable time on their hands) we can always get a helping hand.Max
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Heh heh....I have a lot of stuff saved in my favorites on my browser, probably too many, most of them parts sources. I figure I might need them someday or someone else will.Originally posted by mjpxs11sh View PostGreg
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Hi XSives !
After reading this I checked my drive shaft boot and it has 2 holes in it, a nice 3 corner tear 1/2" in each direction right behind the frame down tube and another that looks like a rot hole on the top just in front of the rear spring clamp.
I called the nearest shop, $60 plus tax 1 day to get, checked on powersport/partzilla $47 including shipping. Don
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Check with member Andreas, I'm sure he has a good used one for much less than $47.2H7 (79) owned since '89
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