Sorry to trouble y'all with what is probably a trivial question, but a search of previous messages didn't give me an answer, so I beg your forgiveness and bearance.
Our '98 Sonata has a clicking sound on hard right turns which I presume means the CV Boots, and maybe the joints, need to be replaced. As far as I know, the originals are still on the car; we bought it at 40K miles and we're now at 103K and have not replaced them during the time we've owned the car.
My question is twofold: (1) how long can we continue driving with the "clicking" occurring before we do damage to the joint? and (2) what kind of US Dollar repair bill should we plan on? As a related question, is replacement of the Boot/Joint something I, as a backyard mechanic with a book and medium level skills, could do?
Thanks for your advice. Lee