O.k. Whenever the car is moving, and I'm making a turn, I hear this clicking noise for a few moments and then when I straighten out, it stops. Now, I've looked under the car and I see that my outer boots are both torn wide open. I'm pretty sure this is the problem as the grease and whatnot are wearing away causing some binding. Does this sound plausible?

If so, I've heard that you can repack the CV joint with grease and put a new boot on, but is it better to just replace both shafts? If so, how much would I be looking at to replace both of them? Also, how hard is this to DIY?

 

to late once you hear the clicking its to late

say hello to new axles...

 

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Its very easy to do yourself and the axles are about $110-$140 up front (core charges knock off $50) from autozone/advance. Its not worth repacking them even if you could. $200 and 2 hours you'll be good

 

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Well, it's a 1997 Accord, and just now the boots failed and blew all to ****. Is that atypical, because I hear that Honda CV Boots tear much sooner?

Basically, I see myself driving this vehicle for another 2-3 years so I was wondering if getting new axles....

 

The out board boot on the shortest axle usually goes first because it has the most strain on it. Once you hear the clicking the damage is done, you need a new axle.

 

sorry to burst your bubble but its not gunna last 6 months....especialy not 2-3 years

replace them less than 30min on each side if youve done it before.

 

In the Chilton's manual, it says that for my model car, you can't replace the CV joint separately, you must replace the whole assembly. I assume this means the half shaft. So does this assembly come with the boot already on it packed in grease or what? I'm not trying to be stupid, but I'm still a beginner DIY'er.

 

Do yourself a favor and get a Helms and Haynes manual.

 

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Do they have better pictures or something over Chilton?

 

much! more detailed as well

 

just better all around...go with haynes

 

I'll give it a shot. Although, from what I read in the Chilton's manual, replacing the halfshafts seems pretty easy.

I also assume that an alignment would be in order afterwards?

 

allignments are always good

 

Your axles are shot so change those and then get an alignment.

 

I did this on my '95 using the instructions on the Autozone website. The new halfshafts I got from Autozone came with CV boots already installed, and axle nuts. They gave me back about $60 when I brought in the old halfshaft. One side took me about 2 hours, but I've never done it before.

 

just get new ones from autozone...remember they have a lifetime warranty on these things....of which i'm going to be taking advantage of here in about 2 weeks

 

Autozone huh? I've had some bad experiences with them with some of their parts. Seems like everytime I buy something from there, I have to bring it back in to get warrantied out and replaced.

I haven't had any issues with O'Reilly, which is where I planned on going....

 

It is definitely your boots, I had the same problem when I first bought my '96 Honda Accord EX. As soon as I changed both boots, the noise problem no longer plagued me. The noise itself is embarrasing. The alignment has NOTHING to do with it unless it pulls to the left or right when you drive. Make sure you don't pay more than $125 for both parts and labors, $60 for both boots only. Autozone has horrible aftermarket parts, you should definitely go for OEM. BTW, I don't believe Autozone offers a lifetime warranty on our Accord's boots.

 

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Yeah same thing happened to my friend. He did a little patch job and a few weeks later he snapped a few parts of the suspension. Not fun.