Hi Team can anyone tell me what I have to do to get a new boot/gaiter on the lower steering column on my mark 2. I have taken it out of the car but cannot see how to proceed. Any help appreciated.

 

Is this the gaiter that covers the flexible joint at the top ? I think you need to loosen it off, pull it down the lower column to view the joint. The removal/replace process should then be apparent.
Why do you want to take the gaiter off ?

Here's the SNG Barratt spares picture

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Hi Fraser my old boot is split. My problem is that at one end I have a yolk for a Uj and at the other a T shape made by a large metal dowel going through the column, both ends are too big to go through small end of gaiter.

 

Hmm... Have you tried to see how stretchy that gaiter is ?

The manufacturers of that column got the gaiter on there somehow !! Maybe you have to knock out the dowel a bit so you can wiggle the gaiter off. The dowel is anyway constrained by the housing it fits into, so should be fairly easily removed, it doesn't need to be welded or anything. There are two plastic pieces that go onto the dowel.

Question is, having got the old gaiter off, can you get a new one ?

 

Thanks Fraser I am with you on that, there is a hole on top of the T. Possibly need to drill out pin to allow movement of the dowel. I have a new boot.
Cheers K

 

Any chance of a photo or two of the top ?

 

where did you get the new rubber boot? I need one too.

you might need to disconnect the lower section of the column from the power steering connection (if you have power steering), and then separate the column by releasing the pinch bolt.

it is mind boggling but one thing is certain, the boot was not "born" there, there is a way to get it on.

 

My steering linkage is still all in pieces, so I had a quick look.
The lid of the CV joint is held on by four allen key bolts.
Remove those and the lid to the CV joint will be fee.
Slide the main body of the CV joint back to expose two nylon rollers _ the rollers are held in place by two snap rings.
Once the rollers are removed you might be able to slide the boot over the shaft that holds the nylon rollers in place, but it still would be quite a stretch.
I would think that the shaft would have to be removed in a press to necessitate the mounting of the boot.

At this point I couldn't see any other way to remove the shaft other then having it pressed out (it's all covered on grease)
Once it's cleaned up, you might see an additional snap ring or set screw some where that's holding the shaft on place, but from experience, I'm betting the shaft is pressed in.

If you decide to try and mount the boot over the shaft, use rubber grease to lubricate the boot.
Do not use ordinary grease as this will wrought the boot.
Maybe the new boot will be made out of neoprene and it won't matter, but it's hard to say.

@Jose
The boot is available from SNG Barratt for 15.08$
http://www.sngbarratt.com/ProductDet...7fff0b5dfe&l=7