AFAIK, honda sells them separately. Its listed on hondaautomotiveparts.com
under 'Knuckle' for your car. $10 for lower boot, but i think on the upper
you are outta luck. You may be able to find a generic out there that could
work....
t
Mark Alexander wrote:
>I recently purchased a 1993 Accord DX with 151k miles. The car was in
>very good condition
>overall, but two items came to my attention: the muffler (now replaced)
>and leaking grease boots
>on both front upper ball joints and tie rod ends. The lower ball joints
>appear to have been
>recently replaced, so they don't concern me at present.
>
>The local Honda dealer says "replace all these, as soon as possible,
>because they will soon
>seize and break, with CATASTROPHIC consequences!!!", and showed me the
>usual graphic
>images of death and destruction. Needless to say, I did this on my
>previous Accord (a
>1993 SE), to the tune of about $900 for all four joints and both rod ends.
>
>The people who sold me the car (an independent garage which specializes
>in Hondas)
>say "you can replace them if you want, but it's a lot of money for
>something which will just
>reoccur in a year or so. Just keep 'em greased."
>
>Who's right here? And, why can't I just replace the boots? (I know
>Honda doesn't sell them
>separately, but aren't there aftermarket replacements?)
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