Does anyone know roughly what size the hose clamps are for the front axle boots?

[audiquattrot]

I wanna order screw on style clamps since right now I have a wire tie and two zip ties holding them on which was supposed to be temp....and it's spewing out a little grease.

The oem ones use those weird squeeze clamps which I'd rather not use.

Www.mcmaster.com has every style hose clamp....but searching thru their site I realized I have no idea what size I'm looking for. I wanna make sure it's narrow enough since from what I remember the boot doesn't really give much surface width for the clamp

[nando]

Think about this - there must be a reason the stock clamps are crimp on and not screw clamps. In fact, all cv joints use crimp style, you never see annything else.

[Exodus_2pt0]

Yea dude, that's a big negative on using hose clamps on axle boots. For one thing, balance.

For another, hose clamps come loose. All you need is a set of diagonal cutters if you don't have the right tool. There is really no reason not to use the correct part for this job.

[Eddie Haskell]

Lowes has Otiker style metal band clamps that work just as well. They are in the elecrical section, contractor supplys. Electricians use them somewhere.

[audiquattrot]

Thanks for the advice...just ordered all new oem clamps and bought a crimping tool from eBay.....was choosing to use a screw style clamp since I didn't have the tool...but realized they were inexpensive. I totally forgot I temporarily used zip ties and wire tires when I replaced all the axle boots last summer. Whoops lol

[nando]

I just use a side cutter to crimp my boots. :D