Just looking for an easy life overhauling my drive shafts. I have the sierra push in type, and don't really want to completely dismantle them.
I've seen these split boots that you glue together. Has anyone tried them? Are they any good?
Otherwise, is there anyone in my area with a sretching tool that would be willing to help me out?
Thanks,
Bill
[Edited on 7/2/08 by bilbo]
Have tried them many many years ago....wouldn't recommend tho
Waste of time and money imo - get the tools out and do it properly 
In a word no.
In several words, they are rubbish. The idea is reasonable I suppose, but in practice putting one together without covering the glue line in sticky
black grease is almost impossible, and even if you manage that, the glued section comes apart after being flexed for a while.
It may just about make it to a local MOT station to scrape a pass, but chances are it'll fall off on the way back!
do it properly
ETA - damn, too slow!
[Edited on 7/2/08 by Hammerhead]
I have tried a few.
Very sceptical about them.
One worked OK, the next two lasted next to no time at all.
I have sworn never to use them again. 
I think the problem is that tey tend to be a multi fit affair, difficult to cut to the precise size needed. Once this is done, very difficult to hold
together whilst the glue sets.
The main drawdack seems to be.
It is so, so difficult to keep the area to be glued clean. Any contamination of greass, oil or dirty hands, you can forget about the glue holding.
On the bench easy. On the car, forget it. 
If you have gone to the efforrt of removing the shaft from the car. Might as well fit the correct CV boot.
Thats my view for what it is worth.
Ronnie
I'd feared this would be the case
Oh well, better get the tools out then.
Thanks for the replies.
Bill
this is what allot of garages are using now.
Stretch over CV Boots
My Dad was chatting to a friend in the trade and lent him one, he said it was a excellent
I've never used the glue type but i have fitted the stretchy ones. I didn't have the stretching tool or the cone so just built up the
"steps" on the cv joint with pound shop insulation tape into a cone(ish) shape, made sure everthing was all smooth. lubricated the boot and
cone with olive oil! (after reading a thread on here) and pulled them on.
Did both boots from the same end, just make sure they're the right way around before fitting, because they won't come off again.
They look fine but the car's not on the road yet. So they haven't been tested.
I tried the sticky boot to get my tintop through MOT. The glued joint failed very quickly after the MOT leading to a dry joint which quickly started
clacking. PITA to change!!!! Then again, unless you use a stretch boot changing a CVJ is no more work than changing the CV boot. A boot kit is a
tenner, I got a new CVJ (including boot kit) off Ebay for 18 quid...
So for a quick fix a sticky boot is okay but if you do use one I'd plan on changing the CVJ pretty soon...
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Originally posted by onzarob
this is what allot of garages are using now.
Stretch over CV Boots
My Dad was chatting to a friend in the trade and lent him one, he said it was a excellent
but just be a bit careful with cheapo cv joints.
I used some reasonably cheap (non-GKN) ones on my locost and nearly ripped the splines out of the centre of one in under 500 miles.
If the splines had let go, it would have trashed an £80 driveshaft!
used the cone more than once just pop the boot in a plastic bag (to keep dry) and leave in bowl of boiling water for a minute or two then slide it up and over! easy!!!!!!
it sounds like i went to a lot of trouble to replace mine ,i followed the haynes manual for push on drive shafts ,they said to cut off the swaged over cv cover and buy new ,had problems to locate some so i have fine slitting blade which i then cut the cv cover length way,care fully peeled off the cover split the cv cleaned all parts then repacked with grease and fitted new cv boots , then put on the old covers jubilee clipped were used to clamp together ,then tack welded removed the jubilees then ran a weld up the split .ground of the excess weld after and repainted look good as new . no probs yet . hope it helps but strechey ones sound the way to go .
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Originally posted by vinnievector
it sounds like i went to a lot of trouble to replace mine ,i followed the haynes manual for push on drive shafts ,they said to cut off the swaged over cv cover and buy new ,had problems to locate some so i have fine slitting blade which i then cut the cv cover length way,care fully peeled off the cover split the cv cleaned all parts then repacked with grease and fitted new cv boots , then put on the old covers jubilee clipped were used to clamp together ,then tack welded removed the jubilees then ran a weld up the split .ground of the excess weld after and repainted look good as new . no probs yet . hope it helps but strechey ones sound the way to go .