I'd say I am mostly unsure about the procedure to replace - because as you can see I did get bit before a couple years ago. I just got done replacing VC gaskets, front timing cover gaskets, valley-pan and all cooling hoses. An axle boot should be a piece of cake comparatively speaking....

Not really sure what went wrong last time. I was under pressure to get the car back on the road at the time - so maybe that was a factor in it. I just couldn't get the axle to snap-back into the CV correctly. There is no pressure to fix it within a certain window of time now.

I drove it 7 miles to my Indy - (making only 1 left-turn to get there) and suggested he replace the axle. It was making some horrible noises as I assume the axle was popping in and out of the CV - I assumed it was damaged to some extent after this. It was fine before. I think he charged me $120 for the new axle (made in Spain) and 2.5 hours of labor. Not too bad.

With regards to the passengers side now - Overall the boot is in the early stages of failure. It's a bit greasy all the way around the boot (about 1/4 inch wide) - but hasn't spewed grease everywhere yet. I think this happened within the last few months as I recall checking it in the fall and all was well then.

I'll probably reboot based on the feedback here. I need to read-up on the procedure again - it's been a couple years since I've looked at it.

Just trying to figure out if I do it the easy-way or the hard-way. From memory I think the hard-way required some specialized tooling and much-much more disassembly.


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