outer cv boot fitted but looks wrong-compressed too much

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Originally Posted by stevekat

1) It does not look right. However, it may be of no consequence.

2) Try pulling the first course of your boot, over the CV inside the boot, towards the hub. It may be in the wrong position, and pulling it over the CV might move the other bellows outward, and the CV under the boot might hold it there. Your first bellows looks stretched. Perhaps even the second course can be repositioned. Other photos show the bellows relatively flat and less expanded. I bet there is a good chance the entire bellows shifts outward and into the correct orientation.

stevekat, thanks for the input, ok here is a better sideway pic of my boot,good point i never tried to manually move the bellows over the CV joint, I am sure though the whole boot will not shift any further towards the hub, and from the pic you can see how far it has gone towards the hub....maybe i will just keep an eye on it...although wife is going ape***t wiith all the time i am spending on the x5...