Yes, I think that's what I would try if the situation came up for me again, and I caught it early.

The Cosmo split boot kit is available from J.C.Whitney.

Newer axle designs have bolts to take apart the joint covers. On the W123/W126 cars the CV joint covers are crimped with a special, high-value, Mercedes tool rig. Therein lies the difficulty.

A search through the archives here should reveal lots of posts, because its a common problem with all these cars approching and passing 20 years in age.

Ken300D

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1982 300D at 351K miles
1984 300SD at 217K miles
1987 300D at 370K miles