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CV joints on 97 Civic
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January 6th 05, 04:31 AM
John Ings
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On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 21:39:29 -0600,
(Ron Truitt)
wrote:
>I just got a call from a Goodyear shop who is doing my daughter's
>Civic's oil change. They said both front CV joints, i.e. axle boots,
>are bad and need replacing and want $289 each. I declined since I don't
>have $600.
>
>The car has 76k on it and drives perfect with no noise or vibration. Is
>their any way to test these yourself?
If the boots have been torn for any length of time the CV joints are
toast. You can just replace the boots but it's better to replace the
driveshafts. See also:
http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/faq.html#CVjoints
John Ings
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