jgold, when he says "both axles are shot", what does that mean?

Because I'll be honest, unless the boot is split, grease is spewed everywhere, and the CV joint is clicking, I think your mechanic is full of shit.

If the boots have cracks but haven't split yet, just pay your indy to reboot the outer joints with GKN boot kits for $20 a side, then you will actually keep your Genuine, high quality GKN axles going for another 100k miles.

My .02, but yes I agree with most above, I don't screw with Chinese axles considering the tolerances and weight of our E53's

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