'01 Passat Tie rod end boots

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Chuck Tribolet - 26 Oct 2007 14:33 GMT

The rubber boots on my GF's ;01 Passat wagon are torn. The dealer's answer is to replace the whole tie rod end (which of course
implies a partial realignment) when all that's bad is the boot. Is there any source for just the boot?

Chuck Tribolet
triblet@garlic.com

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Andrew Sullivan - 26 Oct 2007 16:10 GMT

On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 06:33:43 -0700, in rec.autos.makers.vw.watercooled
(message <13i3r5o8fudt5ad@corp.supernews.com>), Chuck Tribolet
<triblet@garlic.com> wrote:

> The rubber boots on my GF's ;01 Passat wagon are torn. The dealer's
> answer is to replace the whole tie rod end (which of course implies a
> partial realignment) when all that's bad is the boot. Is there any
> source for just the boot?

I managed to patch a punctured boot one time using silicone gasket
material.

How long have they been torn? If it's more than a very short time,
there's probably enough road dirt in there that you'll wear out the
ball joint in there very quickly anyway. Then you'll be replacing your
tires too.

Besides, a realignment ought to be relatively cheap, no?

A

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dave AKA vwdoc1 - 27 Oct 2007 00:21 GMT

Buy a new tie rod end and swap boots!
But if you do that you might as well install the tie rod ends, you paid for
them.
And if you do that then an alignment would be good to do too! <g>

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Madesio - 27 Oct 2007 06:06 GMT

>The rubber boots on my GF's ;01 Passat wagon are torn. The dealer's answer is to replace the whole tie rod end (which of course
>implies a partial realignment) when all that's bad is the boot. Is there any source for just the boot?
>
>Chuck Tribolet
>triblet@garlic.com

The outer tie rod end is a relatively cheap part and chances are you
have dirt particles embedded in the joint already.

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