CV boot/driveshaft?

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08-01-2005, 10:27 PM

team_AMAZING

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CV boot/driveshaft?

hey guys,

my driverside CV boot is broken, just wondering if i should change the whole driveshaft or just the CV boot? can i just change the CV boot? whats your recommendation? let me know

TIA

08-02-2005, 12:56 AM

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i'd just change the entire driveshaft. i replaced my boot on one of mine before, and it got just as bad a couple months down the road :/

08-02-2005, 01:18 AM

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Agreed I did the same. Replace my passenger side boot and a couple months down the road had to replace the whole shaft.

Now I gotta do my driverside as well

08-02-2005, 01:51 AM

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sounds good, thanks for the help guys

now for that damn idling problem to go away.

08-02-2005, 03:00 PM

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happened to me and i changed the shaft. because the boot costs like $20 and labour to install it is like $80. i got my drive shaft installed for $170 brand new. so its worth it to spend that extra bit now so u dont have to in like 2 months

08-04-2005, 12:35 AM

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you're better off replacing the entire axle. if the boot is ripped, there probably isn't any grease in there. when i pulled by drivers side axle out, the inner joint detached from the rest of the axle and was stuck to the intermediate shaft.

do it right, change the whole thing, especially if the axles are the originals. i got my axles from raxles.com.