I have to renew a c v boot soon, i can remeber how to do it, just after some tips..

I remeber before when i did one on my car with sam it being a real pain

Russel suggested to sam sticking in the kettle while making a brew.

Any other suggestions as to how to get the boot on .?

I geuss the boot needs to be bone dry after leaving hot water..??

Also have to do the middle one but i dont remeber that one being a pain..?

When i do it i will take lots of pictures and do a 'a idiot changing a c v boot' guide written by an idiot Me !!!!!

firstly get good quality boots, they vary in elasticity, warm them up in very hot water, apply grease and pull them on, they are amazingly stretchy
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you can actually repair splits in the rubber by using super-glue btw!(cheap cheap!)

On thr basis i have to remove the driveshaft to do the kingpin i may as well replace the split boot

Replacing the middle one 'while im there'

But thanks for the tips

if u need any advice on the kingpins james ive done 4
btw,the outer steering joints need to be fitted with rubber shrouds now, or its an mot fail

Oh really?

Iirc mine had them, but i could be wrong

The car im helping with has no idea (so makes two of us) bit i mean literally no idea bout 2cv's shame really as its not looked arter properly
He had it 'serviced!' by a garage, they did sweet FA to it, and they could never get it to start easily, and itd cut out, they thought fitting 123 may help, i said no, serviced it set it up properly ans runs a dream now!!!

yes, they run fine on the original set-up, sometimes the h/t coils play-up&need replacing tho
i think some garages know sweet f/a about 2cv,s, & don,t care

Yes!!
When did itnbecome neccasary to need a boot on track rod end ??

sometime recently james, the problem is, you hav to take the end off of the arm to fit them and you need a special casstillated socket to remove itplus the arm has to be removed
one alternative is to get some self amalgamating tape and wrap that around the end instead