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Originally Posted by talljames
Unfortunately, I am by myself so I will think about it. What is the procedure with the grease? Just thought I’d check.
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A CV joint is pack with a heavy grease and the purpose of the rubber CV boot is to keep the grease in the joint and keep dust'n'dirt out. When the boot splits, much of the grease in the joint is thrown out and any that is left may be contaminated by dirt'n'dust.
You can see the remaining grease in this image from member
dville...
When you replace the boot, you clean out any remaining grease and re-pack the joint with the special grease supplied with the boot (nasty stuff too!). The new boot then covers this freshly-greased CV joint.
*edit* - BTW,
dville's image shows him using a pinch-bar to pop the axle from the CV joint. I haven't tried this (yet...) but it could certainly be a one-person task using this method.