No Drive Shaft Boot - HELP!

[jadeasker]

Hey guys. I would love your advice here. I have a gs850 that has no drive shaft boot. It's completely destroyed and now off the bike. Is there a way to slip on a new boot without messing with moving the engine? If not, I was thinking about making my own custom boot to at least keep the big chunks out. Bad idea?

[bwringer]

Remove the rear wheel, remove the final drive, and remove the driveshaft.

You should be able to wiggle a new boot in there.

Order up new driveshaft flange bolts when you order the boot, or at least re-install them with Loctite. (New bolts come with a thread locker compound.) These are very important, very highly stressed, very strong and very unusual bolts -- do not substitute.

[simonw]

Could anybody point me in the right direction for a supplier of a new boot. Need to ship to Australia
Tnx

[Runningdog]

Simon, the boots are still available from Suzuki.