wjwerdna

lemme know if you think too much grease leaked out in this pic of outer cv leak - in this one, the clamp was very loose... may have been broke for awhile, and the rubber just came unstuck after lift, other side was much less leakage


sorry to post same stuff over, couldnt figure out how to change thread name
heres the first https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f2/leaky-cvs-after-lift-99-4rnr-ifs-80789/

Localmotion

that does look like a lot. squeeze the boot and see if u feel any in there if not just repack

wjwerdna

I'll have to check tomorrow... there wasn't much more besides what is in the picture, and it couldn't have been more than a day or two... if i have to repack, can this be done without pulling the axle? how do guys do this on the trail?

wjwerdna

bump... any other opinions? thanks guys

Tanto

I will contact my people about this. He just replaced a CV.

MTL_4runner

I would repack for sure. You can buy new metal clamps to put on that don't require you to remove the CV. The only case you'd need to remove the axle is if the boot was damaged. Otherwise just cut the clamps, slide the boot over, repack, reinstall the boot and install the new clamps.

SLC97SR5

I second that, in fact I ran with the small necked end of my CV's torn for almost 2 years and I just kept pumping them full of grease, I still run them although I've replaced the boots since then.

ecchamberlin

I think it all depends on why the boot slipped off. With that much grease on everything it seems like it would be really tough to see if the boot is damaged. How many miles are on the cv shafts?

Putting a new CV in is a sinch and is not that much more $ than a Boot Kit when you think about how much more you are getting.

Your call but I have heard of too many guys putting new clamps on situations like this only to have to rework it many times and in the end just get a new CV for $100 from AutoZone/Kragen/CarQuest and have a free replacement guarentee with it from that point on.

If it fails again you just take it in and they give you a new shaft with new boots.
The replacement shafts are thicker than the factory ones also.

BTW I used to spend lots of time in your neck of the woods. I was born and raised in Grand Ledge MI (Lansing Area)

Tanto

^ see my people

amorphous

edit

that clamp idea will eventually fail, at least it did on my 2

look to be rebuilding your shafts or putting in new 1/2 shafts in the future. Of course, it's good to learn in case you break on the trail...and it is the weak link!

wjwerdna

all right, I guess I will work on trying to find some more grease somewhere

(from the other post i linked here) it shows after I cleaned it up, I thouroughly checked the boot for tears and found none... there are 70000 miles on the car... quite possibly original cv shafts, I have no way of knowing, the inner boots look to be aging, but still intact, so maybe if I just pump some more grease in for now, I'll just wait and replace whole shafts when the time comes

thanks for all the input

MTL_4runner

There are different types of boot clamps, you probably use a poor quality set (hose clamps are obviously only temporary at best). The crimp type are the best, but do require another tool to set them properly.

Good type (requires CV boot clamp pliers to set)


Bad type


They sell CV grease in plastic packets at the auto parts store, use one per boot for repacking.

wjwerdna

cool, thanks Jamie, but there appears to be a diff type of grease between inner and outer, one is a whiter/yellow and other (in pic) is darker


and you're right on the clamp quality, hose clamps are absolutely terrible on anything that moves, I predict I will have to check tightness every 500 miles or so, and probably replace every 3 months... or just go to a shop and have them rebanded