CV joint boot grease leakage

You're lucky.

Virtually everything that I purchased with a "Cardone" connection has failed prematurely.

Now, I avoid that brand judiciously.

JT

Thanks for all the responses on this. Obviously this is a pervasive concern & common experience. The CV joint boots were replaced in 2003 either at the Honda dealer or a reputable garage. Half-axles/CV joints are original. No clicking or thunking at all & boots are good

- no cracks at all. The grease really is coming out of the ends of the boots under the clamps. I'm intrigued with the approach of just replacing/tightening the clamps, at least as a 1st step. Does that require special equipment/tools? Is that something I could do myself or is it a 5 min job at the garage that they probably would not charge much for?

But I think you'd need to buy some new bands, since the excess is required for tightening and then gets cut off.

I used one (once, in the course). It's a little tricky for the inexperienced to use. I think I'd call around and see what a shop wants to change out the bands. I might go for it, though.

"KR" wrote

The important part of replacing the bands without replacing the boots is cleanliness. After removal of the the old bands, the boot should be cleaned along with the axle mating surface to ensure that no grease exists between the boot and that surface. Failure to do so will surely result in the boot slipping and leakage reoccurring...

JT

Elle wrote:

KR wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@c49g2000hsc.googlegroups.com:

Loose bands are NOT common, split boots are.

You must replace the bands. It's best if you let the garage do the work.

Were there new Cardone or rebuilt Cardone? I'm guessing rebuilt, but I'd like to hear your answer.

I don't know of anything "new" coming out of Cardone...

JT