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Quick update: A partial correction to my earlier statement: The Dorman CV boot tool *will* spread a NAPA (EMPI-US) CV boot for a 7k axle over the small end (or the bearing cage if you remove the bucket at the big end) without destroying the boot. The tool will NOT spread a genuine, AMGen boot...

@donquijote thank you so much for the panjiva link and this information. I do acknowledge that plenty of US made products are junk. I've been bitten. I just prefer to give the first chance to the homeland. When they fail me, I look elsewhere.

The tool is certainly Chinese. Doorman boots I'm actually still researching. There are numerous companies that make extruded rubber and neoprene products within the U.S. In any case, I'm using a boot from AMGen which I'm highly confident is US made. The NAPA boot is from Empi US. I'm looking...

I can't help how the vehicle was equipped when I bought it. I can change how it is equipped going forward. When there are options to purchase US made parts, I will avail myself of them. If there is *no* other option but to purchase a foreign made replacement part or let the vehicle sit...

Read my lips: I'm not putting $110 Autozone CHICOM axles on this truck. Ever. I've seen enough photos of failures from reputable HMMWV mechanics and it's simply an insult to our military and our national manufacturing base. What other people do with their trucks is their business. For ME, this...

@Inspector 1 Wow, your boot actually split. The NAPA boot that @cwc recommends is very similar in quality to the AMGen boot that I purchased, that is to say- thick material. I checked again. The Dorman spreader can *almost* open the NAPA boot wide enough to slip over the CV joint. The AMGen...

LOL...the joke's on me. I tried to use the Doorman boot tool with NAPA and AMGen boots. The boots did not tear, the tool lacked the strength to tear them or open them to the necessary diameter to slip them over the CV joint, even when my air compressor regulator was cranked up to the max safe...

Yeah, it could be a fool's errand. We'll see. AMGen and Kascar (IIRC) were out of stock on the inner boot so I have one AMGen outer boot and one NAPA/EmpiUS inner boot. The style is the same but they do feel different. The nice thing about the tool is that it's controllable. I'll pump it open...

Do the boots last longer because they have more pleats and flexibility? Or perhaps made from a better material? I can believe that. I'm not sure I agree that they're easier to replace. There's nothing I found in the TM procedure that would indicate that. In any case, the Doorman tool could...

Because apparently I have too much money on my hands, I've purchased the Doorman CV boot spreader tool. It arrives today and I'll let you all know how it works out. The tool has been out long enough that it sells on Amazon for $80 less than previous offerings with free shipping. If you want...

@Inspector 1 I recently learned that there are "early" and "late" 10k axles. In order to upgrade to 12k, you need to replace the spur gear in the hubs and other things. It seems doubtful that someone would upgrade 3 axles to 12k along with the spur gears and other work, but not the last one...

May I ask where you got the NOS boots? Are those 7 or 10k axles?