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Ricky Bobby

12-04-2013 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by 4.8isX5 (Post 967770)

I will agree with what Ricky is saying, if you notice it, do the boots immediantly,

I let mine go to long which is why i am just going to replace the axle, i did a total of 6 boots on 3 different cars last year before i bought my X and redoing another axle once again now on the X wasnt on my bucket list. Im just going to replace it cause i dont want the mess plus ive driven on it for so long im sure its contaminated, maybe not, i'll keep it anyways in case lol.

Good plan, you could always drop it off at an axle shop (your genuine axle after you replaced) to have them check the joint, bearings, etc and if they determine its still usable, re-boot it and keep it as a spare LOL!

4.8isX5

12-04-2013 04:00 PM

If im up for the mess i may just do the boots to be honest lol, dven after driving so long, the grease that everything on the inside is coated in, is enough to provide a great barrier, id just probably need to clean it out real good, thats my main pet peeve is its a simple job but incredibly dirty even with gloves, papertowels etc, grease still gets everywhere.

racingbmwm3

12-04-2013 04:48 PM

definitely keep the OE axle, and if the CV is shot, you can replace just that portion, or have a driveline shop do a decent rebuild of it. then swap it back in when the boot goes bad on the axle again in 40k.

admranger

12-04-2013 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by 4.8isX5 (Post 967774)

Yeah, that CV joint grease is something else. Sticks everywhere and is hard to clean off no matter what. It's jobs like this that make me want to find space in the garage for a big parts washer.

bcredliner

12-04-2013 06:36 PM

I have changed a clamp that was causing a leak but other than that all boots are original at 110,000 miles.

blktoptrvl

12-04-2013 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby (Post 967773)

That's exactly what I have done. Sitting on a shelf in my garage.

bigwave2255

12-04-2013 07:18 PM

never get the cv joints rebuilt always get new, the rebuild destroys the case hardening the the cv balls run on, and so life expectancy is reduced, its a poor mans cure.

Tomaz

12-04-2013 07:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bcredliner (Post 967812)

I have changed a clamp that was causing a leak but other than that all boots are original at 110,000 miles.

110K may be the record. Did you spray the boots with silicon or do anything else to extend their life? The warm climate must help?

TiAgX5

12-04-2013 07:30 PM

Just had my first OE outer front CV boot fail at over 175k miles. These last for over 10 yrs/170k miles when NEVER exposed to sand/salt/magnesium chloride spread on ice/snow covered roads. I clean/rubber dress them every fall, and the X is garaged when road crews are out spreading crap.

bcredliner

12-04-2013 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Tomaz (Post 967829)

110K may be the record. Did you spray the boots with silicon or do anything else to extend their life? The warm climate must help?

No, only thing I do is have the undercarriage sprayed at the carwash. It may be the climate. It has spent it's life here, always garaged, never out when the roads are bad.

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