[s-cars] CV Boots

[David Kase]

If the boot was torn or missing.  CLEAN AND REPACK IT!

For an extra hour's worth of work you will know that there is no dirt in 
it.  Even a little road crap in there will eat up the joint.

My unsolicited 2 cents...

Dave Kase



lebakken1 at netzero.net wrote:

>-- "Brian DeWyngaert Jr" <brian.dewyngaert.jr at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>>Craig,
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>  Fred basically said the same thing.  The front right boot was torn
>and unfortunately i had to drive home and then to auto parts store so
>a total of 80miles with a torn boot.  I was worried that CV had been
>damaged, but the techs at the shop said when they took the old boots
>off they inspected the CV and said the CVs were fine.  I think I need
>to find a decent shop in the Viriginia, DC, MD area.  This shop also
>caused me some warped rotors due to improper tightening of my wheel
>bolts.
>
>Thanks for confirming exactly what I thought had happened.  Hmm I
>wonder if blau still has a special new CV joints?<<<<<
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>Well if Fred says the same thing then I know I am right!
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>Seriously, unless that 80 miles was in the rain, and the boot was actually letting in dirt before you noticed, the joint should have been fine - as long as it was put back together exactly as it came apart.
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>Blau or GPR might have a whole axle for not much more than a single CV.
>I have (8) CV boots in a box that I will be putting on in the next few weeks. I don't plan on a complete CV rebuild (solvent clean/repack), just wipe out as much of the old grease as possible, repack with new, then reboot. Fortunately, my boots are not torn, although, if things progress as usual, they will tear in the next couple of weeks now that the list has been infected with the Torn CV Joint Boot affliction.
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>Good Luck!
>
>Craig Lebakken
>94S4
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