Mendes

when im going around a turn slowly i hear a loud creaking noise. It doesnt happen in reverse though.

Car is a 94 Honda Civic CX

ghettochild

yeah there gone jack your car up and take off your tire adn see if grease is every where. if so there gone

Mendes

What kinda damage should i be expecting to pay at a shop?

OnePointFive

All you need is some new boots, and some grease. Just do it yourself, it's easy!

This will help:
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=382416

Mendes

thanks.. should i replace my whole axel or just my boots? i figure if im gonna do it i may as well do my axels too eh? go big or go home?

speedracer2kjory

just the boots get the kit it comes with grease and boots u might need the tool for the straps on the boots

EK9DREAMS

It also depends how long your boots have been blown. If it has been a long time the axles arent gonna be the same even after you put new boots on. I had my axle changed and it cost me about a hundred bucks. Better safe then sorry.

JapJunkie

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Do It Yourself, easier then u think yO

LSpimpTEC

just replaced my boot 3 days ago....it takes moderate skill(to do it correctly) but its a whole lot easier than than spending the 300 bones that a shop would charge. boot kit costs 15 i followed the autozone directions..no sweat
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=770041

Good ol' Screwtape

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You're being sarcastic when you say 300 bones for a boot swap, right?
Or do you mean 300 pennies?

Just by looking at random Ads here in San Diego the highest price I've seen for a new boot + labor is $35.

WOW.

Luserkid

Yea 300 bucks is way to much, they were taking you for a major ride if you pay that.

If the motor is still a D series in the car then just take the axle and go down to your autozone, and get the life time warrenty and dont worry about weither you brake it or not cause you dont have to pay for it ever again

But if its a swap (B series) just take it to someone that can rebuild the axle, because autozone axles wont fit hybrid cars (atleast not mine anyway (GSR in EJ2). Its not hard to rebuild it yourself but its messy as hell. I had to rebuild mine and it was alot easier then i thought.

Mendes

Thanks for your help guys.. Id like to do it my self but it seems difficult since i dont have a garage jack at my disposale i would need to use my lil hydrolic jack and even then it seems difficult to get leverage to pry the control arms off with that little clearence. thanks and i will look into this soon. thanks for your help!

WongFeihung

also, remember to take your used axle back to the place that you bought it..you usually can get some money back for taking them back the used axle..

BANting

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i agree, at first after reading how to change your axle right ups i thought it would be really tough, but it was easier than i thought