torn cv boot
#1
torn cv boot
well i just noticed that one of my cv boots is torn. the grease still looks clean but my car has about 190,000 miles. how long is the life of a cv shaft? i'm wondering if it would be worth it to just buy a new shaft instead of the boots.
#3
If you happen to look at your CV boots daily, and they have just split yesterday then you would be safe installing new boots. If its been more than a week those bearings are likely cooked.
Just jack it up, remove the brakes, disconnect the strut from the steering knuckle and pull the axel out so you can disassemble it,thoroughly clean it and repack the bearings, install the new boots and finally reverse the process.
Do not use split boots. They will fail.
Now at 190k miles I'd be replacing the things. I wouldn't want to do that job twice.
Talk to Marty at Raxels 1-800-257-8192 and mention you are an Org member. Great guy and very good pricing on NEW - not reground assemblies.
www.raxels.com
Just jack it up, remove the brakes, disconnect the strut from the steering knuckle and pull the axel out so you can disassemble it,thoroughly clean it and repack the bearings, install the new boots and finally reverse the process.
Do not use split boots. They will fail.
Now at 190k miles I'd be replacing the things. I wouldn't want to do that job twice.
Talk to Marty at Raxels 1-800-257-8192 and mention you are an Org member. Great guy and very good pricing on NEW - not reground assemblies.
www.raxels.com
#6
Originally Posted by sryth
I used a split boot on my brothers Honda Accord ~60k miles ago (he didn't want to replace the axle)...no problems yet
This is one of those jobs I don't want to be doing more than once!
Cheers!
#7
a friend of mine went through 3 axels that he bought from Raxels... he had non stop problems with them, but then he went to Autozone and never had a single problem, cost him only $55 after core swap!
im doing mine this weekend and im gettin it through Autozone.
Ant
im doing mine this weekend and im gettin it through Autozone.
Ant
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