cv joint clips - other ways ? jubilee clips?

but i cant do it tight enough bortaf

and even if its close it slips off when you move it in a typical movement a cv does

Cable ties. Always done all my cv boots with them with no problem.

i also use a pair of slightly blunted pincers. you need ot man up gav, its easy to get em tight enough

as matt says, jubilees often catch, so if youre too much of a wuss to get the crimp clips tight enough, just use some bug wide zipties, 8mm ones or so. i don't like the stainless ones, i find they don't pull tight enough no matter what you do with em.

On every car I've changed CV joints on - I've used normal plastic cable ties. Never got so much as an advisory, or even a vague mention at the MOT.


As long as the Gaiters are secure, you could even just wrap some copper wire around them, and twist to lock it off. The method doesn't matter (well... too much) just the end result

zipties do the job fine. But ive got the special tool that makes those clips a breeze to use.

With Zip ties (with either me or my mates practically hanging off the end of the zip tie) I have never been able to get them on tight enough onto the CV boot, they always slip off, same story with the stainless zip ties. This was on an outer CV joint mind you (or at least on a Focus 1.6, Peugeot 106 1.1 and the 205 GTi in my signature). For the inner boots I admit that zip ties have done the job fine (the spline gaitors on the Stag have been held on like this with zero grease leakage, as did the inner CV on an old Escort .

The universal CV clips I found work a charm but as said a fancy tool does help wonders. I have been told that blunt cutters can be used to tension the clips up as can a hammer and flat bladed screwdriver.

TBH the tool is not even that much, especially if you know someone with a Halfords trade card (I have used my tool on several other things (set length clips on modern car airboxes/throttle bodies for example which allows me to reuse the clips) .

Jubilee clips would work if they did not catch the strut (or at least in my case).

I always use sidecutters that have a sharpish edge. Use them at 90º to the clip & they'll be solid as a rock.