Axle seal?

[cobram at juno.com]

I have done the outer CV boots on all my type 44's without even removing
the axle, a couple big vice grips, brass hammer and brass bar was all
that was needed.  One that was really stuck in the V8Q came apart like
buttah with a few taps from an air chisel with a blunt striker bit on it.
 On the old 5K style with the threaded end, you could pull the CV apart
resting the strut on the A arm, and tighten the nut down and it'd pop
right out.  
Never had a tear in any inner boots, or on any rear boots, and the newest
Audi I have is a 1990.

These newer Audi's seem to be a cluster f*&^ no matter how easy the job
SHOULD be.  But that's a subject for another thread.

Back to the original question, what kind of car was this?  From what was
described, it sounds like the part the tech showed you is an oil seal for
the rear diff.  It is possible that the axle does have to come out,
anything is possible from a company that expects us to buy a $1200 drive
shaft assembly to replace a $10 rubber shaft mount, or $5000 for a
complete transmission because a $25 solenoid fails.

BCNU,
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"Mark R" <speedracer.mark at gmail.com> writes:
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.