hey so i got to change my right outter front CV BOOT. I looked at it today its really tore up and left a mess of grease build up in my rim i can now see iside the boot there still lil grease on the metal part insdie but all the grease came out so thinkin bout duin it my self. talked to my mechanic said he was only going to change the rubber boot not the axle and is charging me $100. it dont look to hard seen the cv boot kit at kragen auto for $17. so instead of paying $100 THINKIN DOING IT MYSELF. dontlook to hard just the rubber boot and2ring clamps and fill it with grease. so i dont need to take off the axle right???? and how should i clean around it ???ANY TIPS 2 make sure i do right.and is the rubber boot kit reliable. heard i was just going to end up at the shop in 3months or so WHAT YOU GUYS THINK???

 

Do NOT buy anything from autozone for a cv boot repair.
The entire outer cv boot repair kit is around 60 bucks at the dealer and comes with
a new boot, center hub bolt, clamps, crush washer, and snap ring.
You need to rent either a slide hammer or a gear puller to get the outer cv joint off the shaft, other than that its all basic tools.

 

Yeah, go do the dealer! Its all you need in one kit. And I thought you had to take the whole axle off? But im not sure.

 

Nah, we usually don't take off the whole axle, its easier to just take it out of the hub and suspend it with a bungie cord then bang off the cv joint.

 

So can you give me a quik discriptionof what to do. and how to clean it

 

Sent you a PM of the info.

 

so ive been driven with the cv boot tore can see that alot of the grease came out and pretty sure dirt has got in there how should clean the dirt that inside?