Re: Report: another CV Boot done

[Wallace White <wallace@remdesign.com>]

Jerry -

So that's a manufacturing artifact? Interesting. I wouldn't have thought
so, because the discoloration is shaped in a way that spreads from the
location of each ball. It's very regular.

- Wallace

Jerry Croucher wrote:
> 
> Wallace,
> 
> I just did that job on both front axels on my 86 4kcsq.  Don't worry about the heat
> 
> marks.   The races are flame treated to harden them.
> 
> Jerry
> 
> Wallace White wrote:
> > - How did your CV joint look, anyone? While I couldn't detect much of
> > any play in the outer and the races showed no pitting, I was disturbed
> > by the heat discoloration on the outer race. The boot just cracked
> > recently and there was still very much grease in it, but it looks like
> > it sure had gotten hot at some point. Hope it's okay.