I use "Sil-Glyde" silicone grease from American Grease Cartridge Co.
(AGC)...smear some all over the boots, brake hoses and even the rubber
muffler hangers. Good for rubber parts. Sil-Glyde is also used in
brake work.

http://agscompany.com/productFS/lubes/sl29.html

It's in a small red/white/blue tube (the item numbered "SG-2" on the
left in the product images on the above website).

Unfortunately, it seems to be hard to find. The company says NAPA
carries it but didn't see it there...maybe it's under NAPA's brand. I
say that because if you go here:

http://www.panteraplace.com/page153.htm

....and scroll down a ways, it says:

"The O rings can be damaged when slipping them over the piston and
into the grooves so I used NAPA Sil-Glyde brake assembly lubricant
lightly on the O rings and piston to make the O rings easer to slide
onto the piston."

Here's another website that mentions Sil-Glyde:

http://www.icca.invensys.com/uniline/h/h18.pdf

Pep Boys USED to carry it. Didn;t see it at AutoZone.

Sil-Glyde is good stuff for CVJ boots...I pout it on all four of mine
as soon as I got the car, and any other rubber boots/cable covers I
saw. It'd be good for the air intake rubber, too.

If you can't find Sil-Glyde itself, some different brand but similar
silicone-based grease for rubber should be fine.

I buy tubes of it whenever I find some.

Good luck,

John D.




"'Curly Q. Links'" <motsco_@_interbaun.com> wrote in message news:<3F33A86F.501D8840@_interbaun.com>...
> Are any of the ArmorAll or Black Again sprays suitable for keeping the
> CV boots clean and 'refreshed' so they don't get dried out?
>
> If a boot could be made to last a year or two longer, what would you
> recommend / condemn ? ?
>
> 'Curly'