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Old 04-06-2016, 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted by squidzilla View Post
My 5MT 3.0 has this on the front driver wheel. It drives fine and does not make any odd noises from that area. Can I get away with just replacing a boot doing the "30 min" boot change? Or does this mean the CV has failed and I need to replace it now?
If you caught it early (and it sounds like you have) then a quick CV boot change is all that is usually required. There's new grease included with the boots (after-market ones anyway) so clean down the CV joint and apply new grease, boot it up and your done.

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