[s-cars] CV Boot Recommendation

[David Kase]

Clean and pack. No need to replace it unless it is
a) making noise
b) it costs more to do just the boot.

The outer CV can be easily removed on the Audi's I have dealt with but I 
never did an A4.  If you find you can remove it easily, just clean and 
repack.

The key here is CLEAN!  Clean the joint, then clean it again.  When you 
are sure its clean, clean it one more time.  If there is a single chunk 
of stone or hard material in there, it could toast the joint.

The joints are PITA to clean but just keep working it around and around 
and eventually all the grease and crap will come out (get all the grease 
out as that is where the crap hides).  I would highly recommend getting 
use of a parts cleaner for this.

Good luck,
Dave Kase

Brian Powell wrote:

>What is it all of a sudden? 100+k miles without a single problem,
>well-maintained and now the wife's A4 is giving me grief and keeping
>me from my S6 projects.
>
>Changing her oil yesterday, I did my normal inspections and found that
>the outer CV boot for the front, passenger side has a small tear in
>it. I noticed because a little glob of grease was coming out of it. I
>squeezed the boot and found there seems to be a good bit of grease
>still in there. I used my grease gun and put more in.
>
>So, the question becomes, should I replace the CV or just remove the
>boot, clean and repack the grease and put on a new boot? Or should I
>just save time and get a rebuilt half-shaft?
>
>The problem with the clean and repack is I'm not sure what type of
>press I would need to separate the CV from the half-shaft so that I
>could replace the boot.
>
>Basically, I need suggestions and howto's. Searching the recent
>archive, I found a bit of discussion about this, but it seemed that
>some advocated replacement, others clean/repack.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Cheers,
>Brian
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