has anyone here replaced cv boots??? from 1-5 easy or hard???? if hard what would i need to prepare to fix it. its going on a stock 89 dx.
TNA

 

Depends if you want to do it the right way, or the easy way...

The right way you'd have to pretty much remove the entire axle, take off the old boot, get a new boot from the honda dealer, or maybe any local transmission shop.
Pull apart the CV joint, slide the new boot in (fill er up with CV joint grease) and throw your axles back in. If you've already removed your axles before, this shouldn't be too hard. If you have never removed axles, then this can be kinda painful. (I know an easier way to remove the axles, vs. the way where you seperate balljoints)

Or, you can tare off your old boots (while the axle is still in) then go to checker/pepboys/autozone, and pickup one of their universal CV joint boots.
Theirs has a cut down the middle of it, so you can open it up, slide it over the CV joint, and use two little screws to close it off. These things kinda suck, and wont last nearly as long as an OEM style boot...

Does that make any sense? I Hope this helps...




[Modified by MrTodd, 11:48 PM 9/25/2002]

 

9 times out of ten you never notice your boots are torn till its too late and for all the work of pulling your axles its best to just replace them. get some with warranty and just milk it.