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Jul 22, 2008 | 07:21 AM

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cackalak han

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From: Tennessee

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Originally Posted by nc994run

Cv boot tears aren't that uncommon ... If you get new axles from an advance or auto zone they will tear the boots every 6 months, but you will get them replaced for free. Changing a cv axle isn't very bad plus a new one shouldn't cost more than $100

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Originally Posted by mkgarrison5

see thats the whole point on why i wont use advance auto. if they break every 6 months to a year then wtf is the point?? mine have 113k miles on them and they look great so far.. ill be going back to yota if i can afford it.

My NAPA axles have never torn or broken (yet--going on 3 years. Of course, I don't wheel as hard as some of you guys). I made it a point to not get their "remanufactored" axles, but NEW. I've heard a lot of people having problems with the reman'ed ones. The new ones also come with a lifetime warranty. They're $114, which is much cheaper than OEM.

http://www.napaonline.com/MasterPage...ft+Front+-+New

Again, make sure you get "NEW". There is only a $20 difference between reman and new.

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Jul 22, 2008 | 07:57 AM

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nc994run

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From: raleigh, nc for school chapel hill, nc for home

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Originally Posted by mkgarrison5

dang you are the man then. you can take off the tire, take apart a brake assembly and pull out the shaft and put it all back in 30mins?? you live CHill huh? i might pay you to replace mine if need be lol.

I've never had to undo the brake assembly. I usually undo the lower ball joint (4 bolts on the bottom of the ball joint). Getting the lower ball joint back on is usually the toughest part, but a cheap bottle jack helps with that. You just have to make sure that you have the 36mm axle nut and a good breaker bar.

Jul 22, 2008 | 09:36 AM

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Whitdragn

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I'd just replace the boots, but, I am a cheap bastard...

The CV's will be fine...just clean them well.

Well, i'm going ot be out of town this weekend so its look like next weekend will be my best opening to tackle this. I too am a cheap bastard, and without any real issue with the CV's as far as I can tell I may be leaning this way. (Only reason I even considered the cheap new ones was in the event that the stockers were torn up and in an effort to save some down time.) If I just clean, regrease and reboot whats the best method for cleaning the cv's? (I'm thinking, soak/scrub in degreaser, rinse, inspect, then start getting them greasy again).