CV Boot Repair Parts

[JackG]

Originally Posted by dja1980

$45.10 shipped from RockAuto! And, GKN is the OEM manufacturer, right?

I don't know the answer to that, maybe someone else does. The GKN kits I used had the boot, both bands, the flat metal CV end cover, and a package of grease, just like the picture shows on rockauto. The stuff looked and fit just like OEM, except for the rip in the OEM stuff.

[dja1980]

That's good to know! I just assumed that the GKN parts were OEM since the eBay listing with the GKN kits states "New Original Equipment Manufacture Parts. Not a reproduction or aftermarket", and the brand on the eBay listing is listed as "Loebro/GKN".

The only thing that concerns me about the RockAuto kit is that the CV end cover shown in the picture looks different from the pictures I've seen of the OEM part and the pictures on the eBay listings.

Maybe RockAuto just used a generic picture of the kit not specific to the Boxster. Can you confirm what your GKN CV end cover looked like?

[dja1980]

All is good. I just received my package from RockAuto with the GKN kits, and everything included appears to be OEM.

For those who find this thread in the future, disregard the picture shown on the RockAuto website. It's just a generic picture for these kits and not specific to the Boxster kits you will receive.

I ended up paying $42.93 for 4 kits, and the turnaround time to receive them was only 2 days!

[Sputter]

Last I knew Loebro was the oem manufacture.

[dja1980]

The kits came in "Löbro" boxes with "made in Germany" stickers. Is this the same as Loebro? There is also a sticker on each of the boxes for "GKN" as the supplier.

[Sputter]

http://www.pca.org/tech/tech_qa_question.asp?id={8509F0B7-4F22-4C23-8DD5-E60A46108309}

[dja1980]

Ah, so GKN = Loebro... that's good to know. It looks like they change the spelling from Löbro to Loebro when not using the umlaut.

Thanks for the info!