Hi to all , I have discovered that the tie wrap that I mentioned about a year ago hasn't done the job in keeping the cv boot secure. I have replaced it numerous time during the last year or so. I think what is happening is that is slips off whilst the car is being steered around corners and then slips back on once the steering is straightened up. I really need to find a transmission place where they can put the metal band around the boot. I have tried but can't get enough tension and it just starts to turn.
Also does anybody know of any cheap independent renault specialists who would replace my timing belt as it overdue and I don't even want to think about the dire consequences if it was to break off.Any ideas would be most welcome. Regards Jag
Hi, I had a similar isue with the CV boot straps on my Espace oonly a 6 months ago. Both straps broke on a long motoray journey - grease everywhere!!!
Cleaned it all up, re-greasedthe inside of the boots and just bought some very large but quite thin metal hoseclamps and fitted them. Its fine now, BUT you have to make sure that you use brake cleaner to get rid of all the grease on the outer part of the joint near the wheel, where the clamp sits, or it'll just work loose again. There is kind of a 10-12mm wide semi sunken chanel in the outer section, that the boot sites in and when you tighten a new metal strap, or in my case hoseclamp, it needs to fit tightly and not be covered in grease.
Done 12000 miles since, no issues. Took me a while to find some narrow enough and large enough diameter metal hoseclips, but they are out there - I went to an industrial engineering firm who sell them for clamping ducting together. Also, make sure you snip off any excess of the clamp once you've screwed them up tight, so as to avoid any chance of wheel wobble. I can't image tie-wraps being anything like robust enough for a job like this?