On 27 Aug 2004 16:59:13 -0700, zhangaj@aol.com (Jingyuan) wrote:

||Hello, everyone,
||
||Today I just have my both CV axles replaced by a local shop (listed as
||Axle Specialist on the phone book). A pickle fork was used to separate
||the ball joints. Unfortunately, as a result, the right balljoint dust
||boot is split and the left one is damaged. My questions to you are
||
||1. Is it ok to leave it split?
||2. If not, can I just replace the dust boot or the whole ball joint
||needs to be repalced?

Replacement boots are available, but may be hard to find.
It should be relatively easy to change thses, since the shop already popped them
loose. You should be able to back the nut off, pop the spindle with a BFH
where the tapered BJ shaft goes through. The momentary deformation will free the
taper. Take off nut, change the boot, reassemble.

||The shop rebuilt the axles by themseves. They reused spindle nuts on
||my car, which were partially broken when unstaking them, but they
||staked at another position.
||3. Is this practice acceptable?

Not recommended, but probably OK. I'd leave it alone.

||I am not sure if they reused the spring clips at the inner ends.

No big deal.


Texas Parts Guy