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C5 Help => TECH TIPS from C5Martin => Topic started by: c5martin on 21, September, 2008 - 21:53:26

Title: Boot removal
Post by: c5martin on 21, September, 2008 - 21:53:26

Examine underneath rear of rear wheels and you will see (on some C5's) a boot retaining clip on each of the pivot points for the boot.
Unclip these
Pull sides of C5 slightly apart and the boot will pop out
Re-fitting is the reverse of this - ensure the inner liner is inserted before the pivot points

Title: Re: Boot removal
Post by: Kurt on 21, October, 2008 - 17:12:57

Or get Karl to drive it as his boot always keeps falling off !   ;D

Title: Re: Boot removal
Post by: Karl on 21, October, 2008 - 17:23:32

Quote from: Kurt on  21, October, 2008  - 17:12:57

Or get Karl to drive it as his boot always keeps falling off !   ;D

aahhh yes, but that was before I made some boot clips.

Even when I trashed the wheel at Brooklands, note that the boot remained in situ  ;D

..quite a road test if I say so myself  8)

Title: Re: Boot removal
Post by: Kurt on 21, October, 2008 - 18:45:49

That is very true and credit where credit is due the boot did stay on.

Mind you it was funny on that Crawley run, every time I went to overtake you, to find your boot flying back at me. Almost like a James Bond gadget - quick he going to overtake, jetison the boot !

Title: Re: Boot removal
Post by: Karl on 21, October, 2008 - 19:38:21

Doh ! What a missed opportunity at Brooklands.... :P

...could have won that  :D

Title: Re: Boot removal
Post by: Wizbat on 24, October, 2008 - 14:07:51

And I thought mine was the only one that left a trail of parts behind it!!

Title: Re: Boot removal
Post by: Karl on 24, October, 2008 - 20:43:18

Quote from: Wizbat on  24, October, 2008  - 14:07:51

And I thought mine was the only one that left a trail of parts behind it!!

 ;D
..thats all part of the love/hate relationship we all have with our C5's  8) ;)

Title: Re: Boot removal
Post by: Karl on 16, August, 2009 - 00:00:33

If you have them fitted, the boot clips are are behind each rear wheelarch;
 (http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i257/1stbooboo/c5repair021.jpg)

Once the clips are removed, follow Martins advice by pulling both wheelarches out. This provides the space for the boot to be removed.

(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i257/1stbooboo/c5repair022.jpg)

You can see the groove the boot clip fits into once the boot has been replaced.