When do you know it's time to replace CV boots?

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Bill Laird - 29 Sep 2004 03:16 GMT

Once a year I crawl under the car and spray my '93 altima's cv boots
with silicon. I then wipe it in with a rag. I noticed this year that
the rubber is starting to show signs of fatigue. The car was in
Florida for 6 years and has been in new england for the last 4 years.
If the stearing wheel is cranked, I noticed the rubber encasing is
showing signs of wear with some slight cracking (very slight) of the
rubber. The car has 124k miles on it, and I'm thinking when the time
comes to get it replaced, that I just buy a whole new remanufactured
axle for the mechanic to install. Any thoughts on this? What is the
quality of the remanufactured parts? How long do these boots last,
assuming proper preventative maintenance?

Thanks,
Bill

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Talon - 29 Sep 2004 09:35 GMT

> Once a year I crawl under the car and spray my '93 altima's cv boots
> with silicon. I then wipe it in with a rag. I noticed this year that
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> Thanks,
> Bill

Not sure about how long they last, I replaced my CV halfshafts at around
170k miles, as for remanufacture parts, its just the casing thats reused as
far as I know the insides are new and there is virtualy no diff between
remanufactured and new.

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jjjsan - 15 Oct 2004 07:11 GMT

wait till boots crack then plan on changing entire shaft.
Or remove now and just replace rubber boots.

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Talon - 15 Oct 2004 11:12 GMT

> wait till boots crack then plan on changing entire shaft.
> Or remove now and just replace rubber boots.

How many miles are on the car? I changed one of mine out at 158k miles
after boot cracked, I replace the entire shaft each time and then the other
one after the boot cracked at 172k miles. They are only about 80 bucks each
from autozone after you return the core.

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