I had the car up on ramps today doing a periodic check and found the inner cv axle boot on the front passenger side to be ruptured/gone. Now the problem is that it has snowed twice in the past two weeks and I don't know how long it's been damaged. I have no noise to indicate a problem but should I replace the axle or just have it rebuilt?
With the price of a re-mann'd cv axle being as low as it is, it's almost not even worth just replacing the boot and risking failure down the road. I say just get a re-man'd axle from your local auto parts store. Peace of mind.
There are a lot of threads suggesting to only buy reman axles from Subaru or MWE. If the grease looks relatively clean you'll probably be ok just re-booting.
I had to replace inner boots on my LGT and one on the FXT recently. It would have run me about $550 if I went with Subaru remans instead of just re-booting.
Had an interesting time with the DIY. i could not separate the axle from the spindle. ended up taking the axle and spindle to a shop and have then air hammered apart.
Over the past couple of weeks I had noticed oil on the drive way. The forester never ever dripped any oil. Recently having the head gaskets done, I figured it was that but couldn't actually see where it was leaking.
Before going out of town last week I happened to spot the oil leak. It's dripping off the transmission from we're the axle meets the transmission. Does this mean I don't have the axle pushed in enough?
Btw if anyone is suffering from radiator leaks, I bit the bullet and got a replacement from rockauto for $93 and it works really well.
Before going out of town last week I happened to spot the oil leak. It's dripping off the transmission from we're the axle meets the transmission. Does this mean I don't have the axle pushed in enough?
I just did boots all around on my build, I paid over 100 clams for 8 new boots. Crazy. I had no idea they were that expensive. An afermarket axle is like 60~80 bucks.
Quick question guys: When replacing the boot, is there anyway to reuse the clips that hold the old one on? I've been looking through the dealer catalog on subarugenuineparts.com and have not been able to come up with a part # for those clips. the boot was $14, but the clips are not listed. Any ideas?
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