CV Joints a little help?

[NVMY03GT]

Mother in laws car, back in action.

We were changing the oil this weekend, and we noticed something. Low and behold both CV joint boots are TOASTED, they are cracked in half.

The good news is, the axle's still look very well greased.

Now my question is, the half shalf itself is $110 per side, and yes both are dead. So thats $220 in parts alone. They also make a $20 repair kit, for the boot.

How hard is it to do a repair boot kit? What do you all have to take off in order to replace the damaged boot? Is the repair pretty much good for a reat length of time, or am I buying myself a few months here?

Can someone please help?

[slayer4u]

very easy to replace the boots. just stick the axles in a vice and wack the outer CV joint off the axle it a dead blow hammer. Cut off the old boots and slip on the new. they should come with all the hardware too. (clamps lock rings.) The trick to getting the CV back on is to center the lock ring into the tapered edge on CV.

[Captain KRM P5]

are the joints making a clicking noise at all, going straight or in a turn? if so you will need to replace more than just the boot.

[NVMY03GT]

are the joints making a clicking noise at all, going straight or in a turn? if so you will need to replace more than just the boot.

Not doing either or at the moment, just completely seperated, the joints look fairly greased up at the moment for now. Bur we are approaching winter, and I know as soon as Salt gets up in there byebye lubrication :(

Referring to the post above, so is this something I can do without an impact basically in my own garage or does it have to be on a lift etc??

[slomoe]

Go on ebay, you can get rebuilt axles for 40.00 for drivers side and 45.00 for passenger side. I just bought a driver side and it appears to be a good quality rebuild. 12,000 mile warranty too.. there is one seller with 100's of them. No cores either. IMO its not worth the time to try to fix the boots at this point. Who knows how long they were cracked and how much dirt got in there.


Not doing either or at the moment, just completely seperated, the joints look fairly greased up at the moment for now. Bur we are approaching winter, and I know as soon as Salt gets up in there byebye lubrication :(

Referring to the post above, so is this something I can do without an impact basically in my own garage or does it have to be on a lift etc??