[s-cars] Rear CV joint gone 1000 mi to go.

[tr0910]

Well, we made it 1000 miles and now I have a boot, but just ended up
breaking the CV joint when trying to remove it.  (forgot to release the clip
first before cranking the axle bolt into the joint to pop it off) Now I need
an outer rear outer CV joint or a new rear axle.  (Cleaning up the old joint
would have been questionable anyway....)

Can I buy from WorldPac?  They want me to set up an account, and claim they
won't sell to consumers.  To complicate things further, the car is in Canada
now....  (Land of the high priced auto parts...)

German Auto Parts has front axles for only $99.  That is a real steal....
They don't show any rear axles or CV joints for the rear though.

Anybody have other suggestions

Root cause of the boot failure looks to have been caused by failure of the
clip attaching the HRSB.  When this broke, it started flipping around and
tore the boot.  Pictures coming later....

Tim


On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 6:42 PM, P Cole <pcolegrps at comcast.net> wrote:

> On Wed, 6 May 2009 13:13:16 -0600, tr0910 wrote:
>
> >We are on a road trip, and just noticed a clunk aproaching
> >Minneapolis.  Found right rear outer cv joint wide open and spewing
> >grease.  Problem is that Carousel Audi says 3 days for parts and we
> >have 1000 mi to go.  Can we give it grease injections every so often
> >and just carry on?  There is a slight noise but only noticable at slow
> >speeds or turning left.  Antilock off light just came on.
> >
> >What wisdom doth the mighty list gods suggest?
>
>
> Call the independents- the local worldpac guys can get you an axle for
> $150.
> DO NOT drive on it-
> My son tried this back in March ( driving to Detroit on a CV that was only
> leaking "a little" ) and the CV failed in downtown Chicago at
> the OHare exit.
> I had to "rescue" him.
>
> HTH
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