Thread: torn axle boot

Quote: Originally Posted by misterau Grease is $3.50 Universal clamp is $4.00 boot is $10 from carquest, still alot cheaper than an axle. well...bein the smart d000d that I am...... I'd buy the NEW axle...no core to return....keeping the axle I replaced with the new one and re-boot that one for a spare to swap straight in if needed and that would give me 2 axles for ~$75 and the grease ya need for cv joints costs more than $3.50 if ya do...

Who'd you blow to get that price. If I could get a new one for 50.00 I'd not do a boot either. Instead, I can only fine re-mans for $85+. I remember Advanced being pretty good store when I lived in MI. Checker sucks ass.

Quote: Originally Posted by Uncle Scotty not worth the hassle.....no way and who said anything about a reman axle NEW ....not reman axle for ~$70 ---for you.... $50 for ME...NEW axle....NEW...screw booting them I did. Wow; wish there was an Advance Auto parts near me. Autozone didn't even carry 04 WRX axles so I had to go to Shucks/Oreilley's... $74 reman + $80 core. bleh.

Quote: Originally Posted by Uncle Scotty I just asked at the 'back door' of my local Advance Auto $49.88 + tax for a NEW, not reman, axle i love taking advantage of crooked employees you probably got their employee price or better next time you go to the movies hand the guy thats supposed to take your ticket a 5 and say the movie lol works everytime

$70 or less than $15... $25 total if you need to buy a snap ring plyer.

This happened to me. I noticed it the day after I was teaching a girl to drive stick. I was also launching hard later that night and have been for about 2 years (ppg). I told her it was her fault heh.

On my 02 wrx I have a torn left front axle boot, it flung grease everywhere underneath and looks like mud. Does a torn axle seal automatically mean you have to replace the whole axle? Or is it probably contaminated or worn due to driving without having grease in it now?

One time I sat around and drank beer, whilst laughing my a$$ off because my buddy wanted to save $25 dollars by rebooting the axle himself. You don't have to worry about axle/tranmission problems in a Subaru because they only give you half of the axle anyway. You can actually swap them without taking it out of the trans or draining the trans. The funny thing is you will never see a bad axle with a good boot, the boot always fails first.

nevermind. I don't read too good

Rock Auto sells new front axles for my '02 LGT for $50 + S&H.