'94, 4 cyl., driver's side, inner boot at large clamp adjacent differential has slow seepage of grease. Keep cleaning it off the nearby shield and it keeps coming back. I've cleaned the boot itself, and it is fine - no cracks. At first, I thought the prior owner's mechanic just failed to clean the surrounding area when he replaced the axle. Now I realize it loses a little bit of grease. Got the car at 85,000 miles, now at 130,000. Wondering if I need to address this and how. Not sure I could cut off the old clamp without damaging the boot, and don't have the right banding tool to install a new clamp. Or just let it be? Not sure it has caused any problem really. Or just let the dealer repair it? (when they did a four wheel alignment some months ago, they gave me a long list of recommended repairs but no mention of that boot area. Have since completed all the repairs apart from those they recommended that were unnecessary - like changing power steering fluid which was fresh as can be, just looked dark when viewed through reservoir)
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18 years ago