Do your drive shafts not fully dismantle? you've got to take the hub off to be able to use the cone, would be easier to slip the CV's off and put them on in the normal way.

Why i think they should dismantle is Subaru CV joints are held in place on the driveshaft splines by circlips so no reason sensible proper makers like Daihatsu wouldn't have the same method, especially given the era your car was made, before some gel haired clown came up with the idea of everything being a throwaway unit.

I've never used those glued boots and can't say i'm in a hurry to try, the mess i get into with anything to do with grease i'd end up with glued solid CV joints and greased boot joins.

I've only used glued boots in the past, maybe 3 times. I'd prefer to use one again if I can get it.

Was skeptical but I've found them OK, though they were "universal" so could be a bit tricky to get a solid fit at the wide end.

I cleaned out the old (possibly contaminated) grease but didn't wash out the joint with solvent. Some people advise this, others advise against it, so I dunno, but I'd think there's a risk of ending up with dry bearing surfaces, especially working under a car.

On my Renault 5 I just took the shaft out because it was easy and I could do a cleaner job on the break room draining board, though it does rather defeat the main point of glued boots.

This car may not be so easy. Its a hub-over-rotor ("captive rotor" in American) design, though I dunno yet if that affects the job.

IThis car may not be so easy. Its a hub-over-rotor ("captive rotor" in American) design, though I dunno yet if that affects the job.

Hopefully the drive shafts will allow the hubs to be pulled over them, it only affected captive disc Hyundais if you needed to renew the discs (which usually ended up destroying all 4 front wheel bearings @ £££), hope your Daihatsu is similar.

Captive discs really annoy me, i can see no worthwhile reason for the design, and i can now see your preference for glue together boots.

Do Ali Express (be surprised if the Chinese don't make these things) not have a delivery option to your country?

Unlikely seeing China claims Taiwan as rightfully its property and makes things as difficult as possible, so would have to be sourced from a third country. From Ed's posts it seems even this is difficult.

Unlikely seeing China claims Taiwan as rightfully its property and makes things as difficult as possible, so would have to be sourced from a third country. From Ed's posts it seems even this is difficult.

Ah, thanks for that Galileo, for some reason i had Thailand not Taiwan fixed in what loosely passes for my mind

I sometimes have moments of confusion myself, for instance not being sure whether I was supposed to buy Marmite or marmalade, SWIMBO says I don't listen properly :-)