Lost a turbo boot....

Nope, those rings would never go thru the ATA...

 

as long a they didnt break apart some crazy way you dont have any thing to worry about just replace the boot and the clamps and pressure test all boots and keep on rolling

 

i always carry a coulpe of extra boots and clamps with me, along with a whole lot of extra parts. i also double clamp my boots so if one fail the second one will hold.

 

You may know this all ready, but do not use any kind of lube to slide the new one on. My buddy did that once, lol, nothin like scrambling to get new parts get her back up n running make it a mile or two and pow! your new parts are lost on the highway never to be found and its time to start scrambling again.

 

and when they go you swear you just blew your motor sky high. until the shock wears off and you hear it idling.

 

Lol. Superhauler , its a terrible terrible feeling for a couple of minutes ain't it?? Lol.

 

Ah yes, nothing like blowing a clamp or a hose.

I remember hitting a rough bump on a highway in Saskatchewan in the middle of the night, at the exact same time I hit the rough spot one of my hose clamps blew, I thought the engine was done like a Christmas Turkey but it was a 5 minute repair.

Always keep spare hoses, belts, and clamps!

 

I've lost a few clamps and hoses when I push the motor near its limits testing it. Usually the pressure was in the 65-70psi range and it has scared a couple of drivers that I was next to. It was pretty funny until I noticed the dent in my hood.

A freshly installed boot and clamp is the most likely yo come apart due to the fact that the boot and tube have not adhered to each other yet. I trick I learned from tractor pullers is to spray both the tube and the inside of the boot with areosal hair spray...it acts like glue and will seal the joint but not make it a pain to remove later on.