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    NV3550 inner shift boot retrofit with older boot

    I modeled hexes for standard nuts into the part and then just pressed them in. Has worked well so far.
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    NV3550 inner shift boot retrofit with older boot

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    NV3550 inner shift boot retrofit with older boot

    Here's the attached STEP. PETG is solvent resistant, I don't see it failing through heat cycles, there's not a lot of stress on it and PETG is fairly ductile.
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    NV3550 inner shift boot retrofit with older boot

    I used PETG with nominal 50% infill and 85% around the fasteners with a generous margin. I'd expect the printed part will far outlast the rubber AX15 shift boot, there's not really any stress on it beyond just the rubber flexing so my idea was to just replace the cheap rubber and leave the...
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    NV3550 inner shift boot retrofit with older boot

    Hi all, I have a 04' TJ with the 5 speed. Like others my inner shift boot was destroyed, and the OEM ones were $150+. This was too hard to swallow for me so I decided to 3D print an adapter ring from the 52109771AA boot used on 2003&04 TJs to the older boot used on the AX15/5 jeeps (OMIX...