Re: ow
 

Lon Stowell wrote:
> Approximately 8/10/03 10:06, DougW uttered for posterity:
>
>> Well, it was time to rotate the tires. Just wish
>> I would have done it a bit sooner. All the lube
>> is gone so there isn't much hope for the joint. :(
>>
>> http://members.cox.net/wilsond/temp/splitboot.jpg
>>
>> I'll have to yank it out and see. Hopefully all
>> that's needed is a new boot.
>
> I had a split boot [just a tad worse than yours]
> replaced recently on a 95 ZJ. Dealer service manager
> claimed it was really no big deal, as long as there
> was enough lube to wet the joint it is pretty hard
> to hurt them, and no real need to hurry with the
> replacement if just driven on hard surface with
> no heavy water.

That's what I'm hoping. Doesn't look dirty but
it does look rather dry. No way to tell till the boot is
off. Every once in a while I was getting a smell similar
to burning plastic but that's probably the oil that got
down on the exhaust header (or a ziptie that went missing)