We took our old one into car quest and they found one that is a CV boot that worked pretty well but can't remember which car it fit.
That sounds like a good idea. I need one for my 9u D6 shifter. Thanks for the info Jason👍
I replaced the boot on my D4 7U a year ago and Cat didn't have any problem finding 'em. My advice would be to go to the oldest parts guy and have him look it up. As I recall, price for the boot was around $25 at the time. I just looked at my parts book Form UE032504 and the most common number for the boot is 8F8079.
Cat still has them. Just got one for $41.12. part number is 8F8079.
Make sure the rest of the mechanism is OK beneath the boot, not rusted out. Cheers, Larry.
Here is a whole list of places to get them
http://www.machinerytrader.com/list/partsSearch.aspx?PCID=&dlr=&GUID=5391db8f809c49029d47955205488490&Manu=&Mdltxt=&mdlx=Contains&PartNum=8F8079&btnPartSearch=Search&PST=Starts&fullsearch=