CV boot replacement vs entire joint replacement

[zerowkul98]

In short, went under the t4r, saw grease coming out of the inner boots, took to my dealer and they said the joints are fine but the boots need replacement.

I plan on keeping this truck a while (its an 03 V8 SE, 78k) but i am getting married in less than 2 weeks (HOLY $$$$!!!!) but regardless, is it best just to replace the entire CV joint vs just the boots n' grease?

Thanks guys n gals.

 

[cordrayj1]

easier to just buy new CV axle's all together.... if you got the money, it wont take long to do the job. thats what i did at least. I just didnt see the sense in taking the cv's apart just to put the new boot on.

 

[Jed]

If you're paying someone to do it, a boot job is less expensive than buying the complete axles. Actually, the labor for a boot job will be more than the labor to swap a set of new axles, but the cost of those complete axles is way more than new boots/clamps/grease. When I used to work as a Toyota tech, we always did boot jobs if the CV joints were still in good shape. It helped save our customers money...

That said, if the CV joints are good, don't waste your money...just have them replace the boots.

 

[zerowkul98]

Thanks Jed.

I appreciate your input as a pro.