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CV Boot blew up on me today... anyone know a good place besides ECS to get a replacement?

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Old 11-06-2008, 11:13 PM
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Default CV Boot blew up on me today... anyone know a good place besides ECS to get a replacement?
ECS has them for $15 a pop.

Anyone else know of a better place?

While I'm working in there, should I replace the inner ones too?
And yes I know that depends on they're condition. But I figured since I'm going to be working on the CV Joint might as well do some preventative maintenance.

Anyone think it's a waste of time or is the outer ones going bad a sign that the inner one will soon follow?

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$15 a pop is pretty cheap. I haven't seen it for a lower price, so you might as well get it from ECS
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Default $15 for boot, but $40 in paper towels and $25 in hand soap...I swap out the entire half shaft.
But then I can get an entire half shaft for $65.
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haha very true.
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Default i wish i did my inners at the same time, they started leaking not because of the boot but the clamp
and the greese thining out. Now im changing my inners. bought them from JHM.
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Half-shaft for $65? Rebuilt? Quality? Where?
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It wasn't THAT bad when we did mine
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Default yeah, and I hate to admit this, but I had a hell of a time pounding the joints back together....
....with the new circlips in place; took forever.
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