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Re: +1 Posted by RS [Email] (#15) [Profile/Gallery] (more from RS) on Tue, 22 Dec 2015 19:51:39 In Reply to: Re: +1, Tushy, Tue, 22 Dec 2015 10:59:14 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
Pulling the whole thing and putting the new boot from the inside is a valid way to do it, too. (Now that I have a decent set of drifts, I'm finally able to tap off the inner joint w/o damaging it.)
The problem with aftermarket rebuilds is that the rebuilders have a lot of pressure to "make it cheap and make it fast" to make their bottom lines. Their workers just do what they're told. And they use the cheapest parts; The boot on one of them I got only lasted a year and there was a miniscule amount of grease in the joint. There were also some non-rebuildable drive axles that had some bad material properties. Those seem to have disappeared from the market.
It's kinda like the difference between a Christoper Myles guitar and a thing with 6 strings from Walmart.
If you do your own (similar to the handmade guitar), you can take your time, clean the joint out thoroughly, put a generous amount of the right kind of lube in the joint, and put a good boot on.
I've never really looked, but I don't think that there are SAAB stamps on the stock drive axles. They probably contracted a few different suppliers to build them to SAAB specifications.
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