CV Boot---Seeping or need replacing?

[piccrazy30]

The drivers inside boot is seeping or so the stealership says. I found a mom & pop mechanic shop that only services Toyotas and he says its beyond seeping and needs to be replaced.

There is a decent amount of grease but mechanics is not my thing but I want to learn.

Hopefully the third pic is not sideways if it is sorry.

 

[CookieRoe]

The drivers inside boot is seeping or so the stealership says. I found a mom & pop mechanic shop that only services Toyotas and he says its beyond seeping and needs to be replaced.

There is a decent amount of grease but mechanics is not my thing but I want to learn.

Hopefully the third pic is not sideways if it is sorry.

I'm no mechanic, but that seepage seems to have been there awhile. Mom, Pop & Big Brother (Toyota) seem to be right.

I feel for ya, I just had mine (front driver) replaced couple of days ago.

 

[Kmvreter]

The drivers inside boot is seeping or so the stealership says. I found a mom & pop mechanic shop that only services Toyotas and he says its beyond seeping and needs to be replaced.

There is a decent amount of grease but mechanics is not my thing but I want to learn.

Hopefully the third pic is not sideways if it is sorry.

If you are willing to learn then this may be a simple one for you.

Get down there and wipe off all the grease/residue and check out the condition of the boot. Is there alot of grease on the chassis at the back of the wheel well? If the boot is intact and not torn then all you may need is a replacement clamp. See my thread here: http://www.toyota-4runner.org/maintenance-detailing/37107-front-lh-inner-cv-boot-leaking.html. You may not even need to do the whole milkshake cleanout and regreasing (like I found on my passenger side; a new clamp fixed it.) There are other recent threads about this so do a search.

If the boot is torn then give it to the mom & pop shop to replace the half-shaft instead of monkeying with replacing the boots.

Stay away from the stealership for this one.

Working on the T4R: priceless!

 

[ebg18t]

clean and inspect the boot. If it is undamaged put a hose clamp on there and call it good for a while.

 

[piccrazy30]

If you are willing to learn then this may be a simple one for you.

Get down there and wipe off all the grease/residue and check out the condition of the boot. Is there alot of grease on the chassis at the back of the wheel well? If the boot is intact and not torn then all you may need is a replacement clamp. See my thread here: http://www.toyota-4runner.org/maintenance-detailing/37107-front-lh-inner-cv-boot-leaking.html. You may not even need to do the whole milkshake cleanout and regreasing (like I found on my passenger side; a new clamp fixed it.) There are other recent threads about this so do a search.

If the boot is torn then give it to the mom & pop shop to replace the half-shaft instead of monkeying with replacing the boots.

Stay away from the stealership for this one.

Working on the T4R: priceless!

I cleaned it and found nothing, There was a decent amount on the piece thats hanging down (don't know what it is) in pic 3#…..for some reason when I looked at them a week or so ago the passenger side was fine and now I look at it and its caked in old grease.
I will clean that one too.

 

[Kmvreter]

I cleaned it and found nothing, There was a decent amount on the piece thats hanging down (don't know what it is) in pic 3#…..for some reason when I looked at them a week or so ago the passenger side was fine and now I look at it and its caked in old grease.
I will clean that one too.

Are you able to rotate or move the end of the boots on the shaft? I'm thinking that's what they did to diagnose it and have now worked the pass side loose. Remove the old clamps and you can check for a tear in the boot right at the clamp. Give us some closeup pics. Replace them with some new narrow "marine" clamps (not regular width "plumbing" hose clamps) to make it a permanent fix if the boot is OK.

Don't cut the old clamp off right away. Just undo it and move it out of the way. You've got nothing to lose by trying.

 

[piccrazy30]

Are you able to rotate or move the end of the boots on the shaft? I'm thinking that's what they did to diagnose it and have now worked the pass side loose. Remove the old clamps and you can check for a tear in the boot right at the clamp. Give us some closeup pics. Replace them with some new narrow "marine" clamps (not regular width "plumbing" hose clamps) to make it a permanent fix if the boot is OK.

Don't cut the old clamp off right away. Just undo it and move it out of the way. You've got nothing to lose by trying.

Close up pics of the one I cleaned right?

 

[JB.]

piccrazy30,

For the time being, the easiest way to stop the leak (assuming good boot) is to put a hose clamp right over the top of the old one.

See this short thread for reference.

http://www.toyota-4runner.org/4th-gen-t4rs/132532-cv-joint-boots.html

 

[piccrazy30]

The best pic I could get....hopefully it's not huge since it's with my phone.

The clamp looks a little bent but nothing is coming out of it.