NIVOMAT ..... Gaiters

[bob12]

What's the easiest way to put new gaiters on Nivomats? The lower end of the gaiter is far smaller than the top end and all of the new gaiter has to go over the lower bushing!

The proverbial camel and eye of a needle come to mind!

Is the only answer to soften the gaiter up in boiling water and then just plain brute force (without splitting the new gaiter of course!)?

Ideas or practical experience please

Bob.

[jpliddy]

hi i think ive heard this question before on here don't know the answer myself .
i too have nivomat dampers on my car . where did you get the covers from ?
regards jim

[bob12]

Originally Posted by jpliddy

hi i think ive heard this question before on here don't know the answer myself .
i too have nivomat dampers on my car . where did you get the covers from ?
regards jim

Hi Jim ..... I got the gaiters 3/4 years ago direct from the local Volvo main dealer as my n/s Nivo was weeping slightly and the gaiter was splitting up. It's Part No.1387105 and was the only place I could find replacements. Can't find the invoice (it's somewhere!), but seem to recall they came in at about £7 each with delivery from UK stock the next day.

The Nivos in the pic are not Sachs, but Boge eXtreme (after ZF bought out those companies) which I have had in reserve and am now cleaning up for possible fitting to the 745 all as a precautionary measure as I fancy I might just have to replace one at MOT time in August!

Bob.

[Forrest]

I bought some new rubber gaiters recently from Skandix. I like the look of this method, but I’m not sure how practical it is.

https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/fo...ic.php?t=72387

[jpliddy]

hi all
thanks for feed back hope you can get the boots swapped over ok keep us informed as its a job i woud like to do

[bob12]

Originally Posted by Forrest

I bought some new rubber gaiters recently from Skandix. I like the look of this method, but I’m not sure how practical it is.

https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/fo...ic.php?t=72387

Now that's very interesting. I had looked on the Matthews site but missed that. All I had found there was about 4 words saying you can unscrew them and that was all. I shall have to consider this further!

[Laird Scooby]

Another suggestion for you to investigate Bob - on a lot of FWD cars, replacing the CV boots often causes a problem because of driveshaft diameters and so on. I've seen plastic (Teflon?) cones used to stretch the boot over the larger part, presumably with some grease to aid slippage over the tight bits (Ooo-errr missus! ) and it's crossed my mind this might be a way round your problem.

This ebay link shows the animal in question including a pictorial method of use.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/UNIVERSAL...W/161259279939

That could almost certainly be used with care on your bellows, perhaps in conjunction with a piece of pipe the right size that will go over the end of the Nivo - slide the bellows onto the cone, pipe over Nivo, slide bellows off cone and onto pipe then onto Nivo - or a variation thereof.

[clandyuk]

Originally Posted by bob12

What's the easiest way to put new gaiters on Nivomats? The lower end of the gaiter is far smaller than the top end and all of the new gaiter has to go over the lower bushing!

The proverbial camel and eye of a needle come to mind!

Ideas or practical experience please

Bob.

Practical experience here - I replaced my gaiters the other month. If the Nivo is off the car, then just put the lower end of the piston - just above the bottom bush - in a vice and unscrew the bottom bush.
I used a large metal vice done up really tight to hold the piston and there was no/minimal marking on the piston itself. Took all of two minutes!

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by clandyuk

Practical experience here - I replaced my gaiters the other month. If the Nivo is off the car, then just put the lower end of the piston - just above the bottom bush - in a vice and unscrew the bottom bush.
I used a large metal vice done up really tight to hold the piston and there was no/minimal marking on the piston itself. Took all of two minutes!

Use proper soft-jaws (the V-blocks referred to in that external thread) and there shouldn't be any marking at all.

[bob12]

Originally Posted by Laird Scooby

Use proper soft-jaws (the V-blocks referred to in that external thread) and there shouldn't be any marking at all.

Dave .... with you vast experience of eBay and acquiring 'things' any idea where you can get some soft V blocks as in the link put up by Forrest above?