Torn CV Boot

[Cody Forbes]

I havent been watching the thread (sorry), but on the drivers side of a type 44 you dont need to undo any suspension. You can remove the wheel, remove the inner CV bolts, remove outer CV nut, turn the steering wheel all the way right, then wiggle the inner CV rearward and towards the top of the transmission, then slip the outer CV out of the splines then towards the rear of the car and slide the axle right out. I have done this a few dozen times and can do it in just a few minutes thanks to the need to run my car on a 2wd dyno from time to time (with a gutted outer CV installed to hold the wheel bearing together).

-Cody (mobile)

On Jul 6, 2011, at 7:19 PM, Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> On 7/6/2011 4:59 PM, Tony Hoffman wrote:
>> I wouldn't go very long at all. Get any water in there, and you will shortly
>> have a bad CV joint on your hands. The boot kits aren't bad, about $20, and
>> the labor to change it. I'd do both the boots on that axle while it's out.
>> SHouldn't be much more in labor, most of it is pulling the axle itself.
> 
> Might not even have to pull the axle - not sure how the type 44 is set up, but on my 90q all I had to do was pull tire, remove axle bolt, drop the ball joint to get some play, pull axle stub out of hub, and use axle bolt to pop the CV joint & stub off the axle.  Clean, install new grease and boot and reassemble.
> 
> I wouldn't bother with the inner boot unless it looks bad or you do have to pull the whole axle to do the job.
> 
> Huw
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