S550 front control and lateral arm ball joint dust boots

[covill]

I've discovered my front lower lateral and tension control arms have two ripped ball joint dust boots with a third not far behind. I installed a set of Steeda arms to combat the bump steering issues I had in late 2020 along with their tierod ends. Has anyone found a replacement boot yet?

I reached out to Steeda for assistance to buy new boots. Unfortunately their records don't show any purchases prior to 2022. So without proof of purchase, they aren't offering to even sell me a set of boots. I was able to find my invoice for their S550 BYOS which is everything from springs to billett mounts and paid for them to pre-assemble the struts/shocks in early 2020. Again, not a peep since submitting my invoice to them.

I've done some dirty measuring of the ball joints but thus far has netted zero results from the aftermarket.

 

[mwjscn]

No luck from the molded-in part numbers on the boots I see in the pics?

 

[covill]

None so far. Complete number is 121943037GVVA.

Searching again with partials and even subscribed to several automotive boot and bellow manufacturers to search their catalogs.

 

[covill]

Slight update. Moog doesn't sell them and won't identify their source of supply. However, they are called a "ball joint wrap ring boot".

With that I did find a dust cover by stretchcvboot.com in their X-Large B4 size which covers:
Shaft: 17-24mm
Ball: 39-52mm
Length: 37mm

A 10 pack is only $30.80 plus shipping.

The search continues.

 

[covill]

Ordered a set of boots from Ebay. They arrived from Bulgaria. Time to schedule some me time on my back in the driveway.

 

[covill]

Time to resurrect this thread with an update. The previous set of boots were the wrong size. I found the correct sizing and test fit them on a spare set of PP lateral links I bought. I bought the blue silicone boots from a vendor on ebay. Look for "21x45x33mm" in the search bar to find them. They take a couple of weeks to arrive from Eastern Europe but I think it is worth it.

 

[Bill Pemberton]

Good find this might help some others as this is not an uncommon problem.

 

[covill]

Good find this might help some others as this is not an uncommon problem.

The difficult part is doing them on the car. You need a pair of needle nose vise grips and a pair of regular needle nose pliers to install the wrap rings to cut the time down to a few minutes vs 40 minutes fighting the rings.