[s-cars] CV Boot Recommendation

[Sean Douglas]

Brian:

The outer fronts are quite easy to do. No need for a press. Once the axle is 
out of the car and in a vice, thread the axle bolt into the CV joint until it 
bottoms out against the shaft, keep tightening with an impact wrench and the 
joint will pop off.

Cut the boot off with a razor knife and gently tap it with a rubber mallet or 
deadblow hammer and the joint will come all the way off. Make sure you note 
the orientation of the clip, dished washer and other thrust washer.

Clean joint, slide new boot on, washers and clip, grease with moly as per 
Bentley and tap back on. Use special crimping tool (or end nippers) to tighten 
clamps.

Re-install on car.

The outers can actually be done on the car without removing the inboard side, 
but its a bit more awkward.

Regards,

Sean D.

Quoting Brian Powell <powellb at gmail.com>:

> 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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