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Old Feb 16, 2009 | 03:59 PM
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Busted steering Grease boot

Hey, sorry for the off topic nature, but I posted this in the SD forum and didn't get much response.

Hi, I was greasing my front end zerks today and got a bit carried away with one. The grease tore a little rip in the rubber boot thing on the pivot point taht you can grease in front of the axle. Is this bad? If I need a new one, what is the part called, and how much of a pain is it to replace?
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Old Feb 16, 2009 | 04:03 PM
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I was told as long as you kept grease in there is didnt hurt too much. But I now know that guy is an idiot...so I will let others chime in.

Probably cant replace just the boot without the whole part. Cant ever be simple...
 
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Old Feb 16, 2009 | 04:47 PM
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Shoot Ed (FTE Parts Guy) a pm. He'll know exactly what you need.
 
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Old Feb 16, 2009 | 04:49 PM
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I have a torn boot on a newish tie rod end and have been running it for 18 months or so like that. On and off road, salting and plowing. No issues so far. Just keep an eye on it.
 
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Old Feb 16, 2009 | 04:56 PM
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Ok. I think I'll let it be for a while and see if anything comes of it. I am about to do my driver's side ball joints and I was just seeing how nasty the hardware was up front (pretty bad, I hope I can get it apart myself, might have to take it somewhere).
 
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Old Feb 16, 2009 | 04:58 PM
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back in the day you could get just the boot basic Ford number 3332 but I tried looking it up for a 2001 F350 and got nada. zip, zero so maybe aftermarket moog or?

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Old Feb 20, 2009 | 10:49 PM
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I did the same thing. I went to Les Schwab and they replaced it for free!!!
 
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Old Feb 21, 2009 | 07:13 AM
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At work all of our seals on the plan are busted out our Supervisor said" It isn't greased until you see it coming out" Though on my truck I put just three shots in it and it popped at the very bottom.
 
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