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Re: axle
Posted by andrew m. boardman (more from andrew m. boardman) on Tue, 24 Oct 2000 09:19:35
In Reply to: axle, William Chepolis, Sun, 22 Oct 2000 21:14:53
>Need an opinion on the life expectancy of the front right axle after
>outer boot gets torn.
Not great. Boot it now, or replace the axle later. It'll go for a few
months. Probably. *If* you want to trash the joint. (Although if it's
already making noise, you're almost certainly hosed.)
>Also, experience with 'quick-boot' products.
Yuck. Not good. Also a temporary solution.
>Finally, if I choose to change out entire axle, (don't know if it makes
>sense to just replace boot with all the dismantling involved) - 3rd
>party axle price of ~$70 - what's the success rate of no additional
>(suspension/steering) problems?
[You don't say what you're driving; this is based on 99/C900 suspension,
which is what I work on.] Very good. Aside from axles, shocks, lower
shock bushings, and the occasional lower control arm, the front end is
fairly trouble-free. But note that pulling the driveshaft on these cars
is really easy compared to most. One big shaft nut, shim the suspension,
lift the front end, unbolt one of the U-joint blocks (usually easy, this
is not the actual U-joint bolt which is a pain), tilt the steering
knuckle out of the way sliding out the driveshaft as you go, unscrew the
inner boot, and it's out! (See a manual for the fiddly details, the most
important one of which is keeping those joints *clean* when you put it
back together.)
Do note the caveat starting my last paragraph. Advice possibly worth
less at least half of what you paid for it.
cheers,
andrew
Posts in this Thread:
- axle, William Chepolis, Sun, 22 Oct 2000 21:14:53
- Re: axle, andrew m. boardman, Tue, 24 Oct 2000 09:19:35
- Re: axle, Dave Binnie, Tue, 24 Oct 2000 09:15:43
- Re: axle, CelticWolf, Tue, 24 Oct 2000 09:15:32
- Re: axle, Thor Carlson, Tue, 24 Oct 2000 09:15:24
- Re: axle, Thor Carlson, Tue, 24 Oct 2000 09:14:49
- Re: axle, William Chepolis, Tue, 24 Oct 2000 09:14:29
- Re: axle, Cort D, Tue, 24 Oct 2000 09:14:15
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