Axle seal?

[Mark R]

I agree- I NEVER replace a torn CV boot.  It's the whole half-shaft or
nothing.  There is one company out there which makes a cool tool and boot
kit... cut the old boot, the shop air powered tool expands the boot over the
joint, then you band it.  Easy and fast.  But I don't have the tool and
matching boots.  That's the ONLY way I'd consider replacing just a boot.

Good luck,
Mark Rosenkrantz

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 1:07 PM, thejimrose <thejimrose at gmail.com> wrote:

> while that is true, i had a different experience.  i did all 4 boots on my
> a4 when i did all 8 front control arms as a 'might as well while it's
> apart'.  i WILL NEVER do cv boots again. it's very messy FING PITA and
> while
> you can save a few $ the boot kits are surprisingly expensive [even mail
> order]. plus  i got the wrong ones about 4 times, which added to the
> fiasco.