While i was taking off my konigs to put on the steelies, I found this crap on the RIGHT FRONT wheel:



I also found it all over the axle and brake line. I just put on the steel wheel and figured i must have run over some oil in the road or something. But i take off the left wheel and there's nothing there...it's totally exclusive to the right wheel.

What could this be? Could something have blown and leaked that stuff? Something that might help that i just thought of...Thursday when i was coming home from school, I slowed down at a light, and my car started shaking...like something was being ruptured. I didn't think much of it afterward however because I didn't have any problems after that.

Any suggestions?

 

looks llike one of your cv boots is gone. when that happens they spray that gnarly grease everywhere. check the outside cv boot. if you don't know where it is then go to a shop and have them inspect the undercarriage and ask them to show you. that's what my wheel looked like when i blew out a cv boot.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by au-gsr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">looks llike one of your cv boots is gone. when that happens they spray that gnarly grease everywhere. check the outside cv boot. if you don't know where it is then go to a shop and have them inspect the undercarriage and ask them to show you. that's what my wheel looked like when i blew out a cv boot.</TD></TR></TABLE>
My guess in the same

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by au-gsr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">looks llike one of your cv boots is gone. when that happens they spray that gnarly grease everywhere. check the outside cv boot. if you don't know where it is then go to a shop and have them inspect the undercarriage and ask them to show you. that's what my wheel looked like when i blew out a cv boot.</TD></TR></TABLE>

That's what grease definitely looks like. Don't be an idiot like me and drive on a torn cv boot joint and think everything will be fine until you can find time to fix it. Then one day or another your car will stop accelerating on the road. By this time, the axles have taken major damage and is in need of a replacement.

If you have experience with swapping out axles...then just take out your old one, bring it to a pep boys or autozone, whichever one you have nearest, tell them you need an axle replacement, give them your old one and they will give you a replacement part. It should run you $70-80. If you don't give them your old one, they will charge you $150.

If you don't know what I'm talking about then please use the search function and type in "axle replacement."

Good Luck!
NRG

 

cv boot no doubt!

 

cv boots are broken

 

a word of advice. i replaced my cv joint w/ an aftermarket pep boys special once. well it leaked oil everywhere. it didn't seal right in the transaxle seal. stick with an oem rebuild kit for 35.00 don't buy a cheap cv axle. if you need the parts pm me i work at an acura dealership

Aaron

 

I had the same problem and that's what the inside of my wheel looked like. It has that nasty sludge type buildup on it. It was my CV boot that was trashed. Like it's been said, don't wait too long to fix it. It could cause more damage in the end.

In the meanwhile you could do a we-todd fix.

If you find the hole and it's not too big, just for a really short temporary fix, cover the hole with some grey duck-tape. Clean the area with alcohol really good, dry it well, and make sure you tape it nicely. I did this to hold for a couple days until I could replace it.

That being of course if it is your CV boot.

 

so do i just need the right CV joint or a whole new axle?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by au-gsr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">a word of advice. i replaced my cv joint w/ an aftermarket pep boys special once. well it leaked oil everywhere. it didn't seal right in the transaxle seal. stick with an oem rebuild kit for 35.00 don't buy a cheap cv axle. if you need the parts pm me i work at an acura dealership

Aaron</TD></TR></TABLE>

Which dealership do you work at?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jdmintegra1994 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">so do i just need the right CV joint or a whole new axle?</TD></TR></TABLE>

You can rebuild just the joint and replace the boot, but that is very messy and labor intensive. I suggest an AutoZone replacement for around $80 w/ core swap. It has a lifetime warranty and if it ever goes bad you can just swap it again for free w/ your receipt.

 

bought a new half shaft from Auto Zone just now:



Thanks for your help guys.

 

yup that is greese. and yeah it came from your cv joint......

 

not that it hasnt been said already...but...


CV joint

 

hehe, alll right already...can't you see i already bought a replacement?

 

exact same one i have in my car....

it will require a long-*** breaker bar, some muscles in addition to torque, hammering, and patience.

good luck installing that '****'

NRG

 

those arent that hard to install at all.. IM me if you need any advise, i know a couple of tricks that would speed things up and make the job super easy.

 

you could have just bought new boots...

 

in addition to the grease leakage....are there any other symptoms that would signify a blown cv joint? like noise or anything?

 

do you hear click click click click click click click click clickclick click click when you do any turning?

 

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Post em up dude!

How much was the Autozone piece BTW?

 

its the grease from the axle boot when your spinning its spraying the grease out of where its riped

 

how do you guys remove the axle nut? i tried with a breaker bar and bent it....

 

I had the same exact problem about a month ago and my friend replaced mine for me. I went to Advance auto parts and bought a cv boot for like 15 bucks and my friend put it on for me but know when i brake my car shakes, could it be related?

 

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Post em up dude!

How much was the Autozone piece BTW?</TD></TR></TABLE>

$100

BTW...I'm not installing this myself. I'm getting my transmission swapped at a shop close by and they'll do the axle replacement as well.