CV boots for Ford 8.8 IRS - NEED HELP!!

[Ripper]

The donor to my rear suspension is a Lincoln MK VIII 93-98 - a Ford 8.8 center section, lincoln half shafts and lincoln unique spindles.
Problem is - the CV boots doesn't seem to be available as spares anymore. I have the outers, but I realized the inner were broken once I was going to assemble them again.
I can buy a pair of new axles and solve the problem, because there's a ton on e-bay. But mines are shorter than stock, so they're not a direct replacement. I can still do it, just to part them and take the boots, but it's kind of an expensive solution it will be a large and heavy parcel to ship to Sweden.

Since there are so many remanufactured axles, there must be CV boots available, right?
The problem is I can't find them, no matter how hard I look.

My parts:








The Drive Shaft Shop gave me a proposal of some kind of universal CV boot


But the shape of the tripod differs from mine.




I don't really know what to do for the moment and I would really appreciate some help of where I can find new boots for my shafts...

[Ripper]

Forgot one thing...

Same Ford 8.8 housing was used on;
Lincoln MK VIII 93-98
Ford Mustang SVT Cobra 04-05
Mercury Cougar some years
Ford Thunderbird

Allthough - drive shaft diameter seem to vary. Ie the Mustang has some really large diameter shafts...

[andrewb70]

Try these guys:

http://www.rockfordacromatic.com

Also try:

http://www.driveshaftshop.com

and...

http://www.gknservice.com/Catalogues...AN/HTML/#14-15

BTW, don't loose those filler pieces that go between the inner cup and the actual boot.

Andrew

[Ripper]

Thanks Andrew!

I've already spoken to Driveshaftshop before I posted here.


After hours and hours on Google, I started looking at other larger cars from the same time period with Ford 8.8.

Turns out the Ford Explorer -95-05 seems to be the same, almost.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Front-Inner-...ZWqBBj&vxp=mtr

There are also "de luxe" models available with separate filler pieces:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-OEM-Ford...xWHpDl&vxp=mtr

Large diameter s comparable, almost.
Allthough, the small diameter differs. Boots are appr. 0.11" smaller than the shaft, but I think it should be possible to force it on the shaft, right?

Just waiting for the guy to reply on shipping, since I think 72 USD in shipping for two kits was a little too much...

Not sure how many thousands of dollars I've spent on shipping parts across the atlantic until now. Probably something I don't want to know, lol.

[andrewb70]

Glad you found something. I see no issues with the small side being able to stretch the extra .11" to fit the larger shaft.

Andrew

[Ripper]

Don't celebrate yet. Haven't come in contact with the seller yet regarding shipping yet (but I guess now when I know what model it is, I should be able to track it down on other places than eBay).
And then there are probably 2-3 weeks until I have them in my hand.
After that, I'll celebrate. ;)