[ubii]

Tonight, I decided to replace a bad wheel bearing on my 97 986 and managed to slice open the rubber boot on the passenger side lower control arm ball joint (see image below, ball joint is circled in red). I was attempting to remove the bearing carrier and hub, so I could take it to a local shop and have them press out the out bearings and press in the new bearings, since I did not have the SIR tool. Unfortunately, because of lack of clearance, I ended up having to use one of those cheesy fork looking ball joint tools, which ended up slicing the rubber.

There are two tears in the rubber, I am curious if there is an acceptable method of repairing the rubber boot, in order to protect the ball joint from the elements. If not, is it possible to replace just the ball joint or do I have to replace the entire control arm? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

ubii