hey guys so i go to change my oil the other day and notice that there was a bunch of oil looking stuff on my front passenger fender well and was like what the heck is that! and then i see the crack in the rubber cv boot!
and i havent drove it since to avoid messing it up the most i could of gone i think with it being cracked is around 150 i would guess.
i think im goin to take it to the dealership to get them to fix it.
does anybody know the standard warrenty for the 4th gens just wonderin cuz this car was my grandmas so i dont know what they got im goin to check with the dealership though.

 

theres no way a 98 will still have a warranty unless its got like no miles

 

Factory warranty is long gone, with or without alot of miles......

 

alright just wondering i only have 38k on it though!

 

have any of yal had this problem?

 

Yes, ended up just replacing the axle. It had been raining around the time that I noticed the boot was ripped, so I knew it had dirt inside. Cost was a tad under $150 bucks I believe.

 

Wow that's a low mileage 4th Gen! I got both of my boots changed for around $150. Do not go to the dealership, they will charge you TOO much.

 

alright thanks for the help!
was it 150 for the whole axle?

 

They are 2 half shafts. You can just as easily put a new CV boot on but you have no idea what has gotten up in the CV Joint. Per axle through Napa. ( I go to Lincoln Technical so I get a huge discount.) I Think it was about 100 bucks per side.

 

buy raxles man. $270 for my 98. I'm supposed to be getting them in tomorrow. I was highly recommended by many different people to put them on my car.

 

i busted one of my c.v's on my 95 cefiro

i had to cost me $390nz i had to get both done

 

what do yall think is nesscary?
can u just replace the cv?

 

CV joint or boot?

 

yup beenin low kms u should only have to do one mine had 220,000 kms when i done that

 

i was originally going to replace the boot because the part was cheaper but friends said that it was better to just replace the axles because of the price or something like that to do the work.

 

i was told it was gona cost me $75nz for each c.v boot to be done so i got the c.vs replaced when they craped out

 

well i was saying just the cv cuz ppl were talking about replacing the whole axle. how much do u think it will cost for just the cv? and where else should i go to get it done besides the dealership(i know they will rape me!)

 

go some where where they only do c.v's
i dont no how much it will cost over there to fix

 

i got a question with only 38k miles how do you tear the boot already? my boots didnt split till around 175k miles, and i can assure you none of those were easy miles. Maybe it was just the age.

Now whether to replace the boot or axle. Depending on how long the boot has been split you can take the chance and assume no rocks or road grime got into the boot and ruined everything. The boot kit wont be more then 30$ but then you gotta pull out the axle, dissasemble it and clean everything then re-assemble it. Or you can spend 100$ CAD(I work at nissan and get sweet discounts on parts) and get a oem remanufactored axle which in most cases are just as good as new. All you have to do then is pull out your old axle and pop the new one back in. Doing it that way may involve a bit of a problem if you have a manual transmission version. I ran into a problem where they kept sending me the wrong axles, first time was a non lsd, then non abs, then they sent me i think an auto axle. Hopefully you dont run into this problem.

 

i think it just cracked from age and it chilled in a garage for awhile cuz my grandma didnt go many places

 

anybody else got any suggestions?
i think im goin to replace the cv because i dont wanna take the risk of having to fix it later.

 

Are you going to do the work yourself or you looking for options.

If there is a chance you got water and dirt in the CV joint you should at least have it pulled off clean it out and have new grease put in.

You can find a CV joint mechanic somewhere to pull the half shaft and repack and rebuild for about $150 each. That is what they charge in Okc.

If you do it your self you can purchase a rebuilt from autozone for about $80 or so for each side.

I just changed the boots on our 99 I30. The boots were $10 each at performance auto, which included the grease. Read the DIY section on changing the boots out. The hardest part is getting the shaft out.

 

i plan on taking it to somebody else to do the work cuz i dont wanna mess anything up. i have help a friend with a cv on a 4wheeler but that is sort of a little different.

 

That pains me. I paid like $40ea for the boot kits at the dealership. That is something I didn't even think of shopping around on.

Anyway, it seems to me that people are way overzealous in replacing their axles. I was given my Max from my dad around Jan1 of this year. 290K. The boots were ripped for I don't know how long. When did my clutch I took the axles out, took the old boots off, cleaned off the grease and checked them out. Almost no damage and/or play in the joint. In the end I just put the new boot kits on. I suspect that the boots were ripped for quite a while based on the mileage and amount/quality of what grease was left.

This is after it having gone through at least one winter here in New Jersey with snow and salt as well as rain a few times a month.

Think about it this way. Centrifugal force drives things away from the center of the axle. If something splashes up onto it it's going to be spun right back off. Likewise if something does make it inside, odds are much greater it will be thrown back out the crack rather than stay inside.

I think the damage that may occur is more likely to be caused by a lack of grease and the resulting heat/friction in the joint. Again though, by taking off the old boot this would be apparent.

At the very least I think the old boot should always be taken off and the joint checked before new axles are bought. Unless you have so much money you're like, "no thanks I'm so rich I think I'll keep my seat."

 

ffc:

I also decided to replace my boot only. It was not necessary to replace the whole axle, especially since the axle seal on the brand new axle was kinda bent.

I also paid $42 for the boot at the Infiniti dealership.

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