93 civic steering boot
I have a 93 civic AT with 203k miles. I'm in the process of replacing
both of the steering boots..i was wondering if there was a way to put on the boot bands without a special tool. for the time being i have a zip tie on one of them, but i paid a lot of money for those bands from my stealership and would love to use them if i could. I was just wondering if anyone else has had any experience with this. and by the way, i didn't take out the whole shaft so its still in its softball sized hole. thanks |
Re: 93 civic steering boot
rickylowary@gmail.com wrote in news:43bfd973-694c-41c6-880b-
e55617082a0e@h20g2000yqn.googlegroups.com: > I have a 93 civic AT with 203k miles. I'm in the process of replacing > both of the steering boots..i was wondering if there was a way to put > on the boot bands without a special tool. for the time being i have a > zip tie on one of them, but i paid a lot of money for those bands from > my stealership and would love to use them if i could. I was just > wondering if anyone else has had any experience with this. and by the > way, i didn't take out the whole shaft so its still in its softball > sized hole. > > thanks > The special tool is less than $20 at many auto parts places. I've never tried tightening a boot band without the tool, but I imagine you'd have a lot of trouble getting proper tension on the band that way. -- Tegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ |
Re: 93 civic steering boot
well, the people at the dealership were playing stupid and acted like
they didn't know what the tool was called, so they didn't tell me...just told me to go check at autozone and such. I checked there and advanced auto parts and came up with nothing. any other places that you can think of? what is the name of the tool exactly? i have this service manual that i downloaded and it says nothing about a tool and shows that you can simply adjust them with you hand. i uploaded the page on my school's server at: http://2007.ispace.ci.fsu.edu/~ral05c/boot.jpg i just can't figure out how you would get the one metal piece that is almost permanently bent past the first buckle to do what they are showing |
Re: 93 civic steering boot
rickylowary@gmail.com wrote in
news:b5ce7ec7-574e-4d74-a1d5-82336d7f33dd@x16g2000prn.googlegroups.com: > well, the people at the dealership were playing stupid and acted like > they didn't know what the tool was called, so they didn't tell > me...just told me to go check at autozone and such. Of course they would tell you that. They're in the business of selling parts and service, not in educating their customers on how to fix their cars. > I checked there > and advanced auto parts and came up with nothing. any other places > that you can think of? what is the name of the tool exactly? i have > this service manual that i downloaded and it says nothing about a tool > and shows that you can simply adjust them with you hand. i uploaded > the page on my school's server at: > http://2007.ispace.ci.fsu.edu/~ral05c/boot.jpg You have the kind of band that's already formed into a loop, no? Those don't need the tool. You just flip the rigid portion over and stake it down. > > i just can't figure out how you would get the one metal piece that is > almost permanently bent past the first buckle to do what they are > showing > > Can you post a pic of the band itself? I'm looking at one here and I can't see what the problem is. -- Tegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ |
Re: 93 civic steering boot
> > i just can't figure out how you would get the one metal piece that is > > almost permanently bent past the first buckle to do what they are > > showing > > Can you post a pic of the band itself? I'm looking at one here and I can't > see what the problem is. > > -- > Tegger > > The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQwww.tegger.com/hondafaq/ Actually, i ended up getting them installed before i read this post. There is a thicker piece of metal at the end of the band that is already in a circle like shape. you have to bend that piece back onto itself so that it get in between the first set of tabs past the notch between them( if you just try to push it past it will always come up short). By doing it this way, it allows that metal piece to catch the part sticking up between the tabs...just push the metal piece towards the next tab and it tightens up...then all you do is push the tabs over on top of the band. Thanks for all your help..hopefully someone else can learn from my stupidness..NO SPECIAL TOOL NEEDED!! lol |
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