Axle seal?

[thejimrose]

same as the outers i'd guess - torn boot = bad.

On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 3:41 PM, John Lagnese <jlagnese at massed.net> wrote:

> How do you check the inners? Loose if off? How if they're attached?
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Vittorio Bares
> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 1:22 PM
> To: thejimrose; quattro at audifans.com; cobram at juno.com;
> djacardoso at gmail.com
> Subject: RE: Axle seal?
>
>
> Beware of the cheap chinese rebuilds. They won't hold up 1/4 the time
> your originals did.
>
> The inner joints seem to be ok - but the outers warrant a replacement
> w/german components.
>
> Spend a little more today so you can save $ tomorrow, BTDT.
>
> Vittorio -
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com]
> On Behalf Of thejimrose
> Sent: 2008-02-28 01:08 PM
> To: quattro at audifans.com; cobram at juno.com; djacardoso at gmail.com
> Subject: Re: Axle seal?
>
> 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.
>
>
> if you do the boots, and another reason not to, is that when you take
> the cv apart make sure you stamp / mark the faces when it's assembled [i
> didn't know this] because although the parts LOOK symmetrical they fit
> together 1 way. which took about 2 hours to sort out on one of them.
> like some kind of billet rubiks cube.
>
> on my car the boot kits were about 50 ea. while a remanned axle is like
> 150.
> TOTALLY worth it, imo to plug n play the axle,
>
> ymmv
> jim
>
>
> > If you're talking about the grease boot, then no, there is no reason
> > to change the entire axle, the boots are replaceable.  Depending on
> > the application, some rebuilds are so cheap that shops will just swap
> > them out instead of bothering to change the boot.
> >
> >
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