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Oh boy... what fun. :)
Just finished putting a new CV boot on my ZJ.
Not terribly hard, except for those three damn bearing to knuckle bolts that managed to break two of my el-cheapo sockets and required some back-woods engineering. (Had to put a jack under the breaker bar to get enough force to break the forward bolt free) Impressive for bolts that only go in to 75ft.lbs. But that was almost 13 years ago. Yep.. took photos. Gonna be a while before I can get them on-line or do a write-up. Only thing that bugs me is I think I didn't get enough air out of the boot, it's not as flat as the other side. But then again the silly boot only costs $11 so if it goes again I'll take another crack at it. Hmm... I might be able to get a new band clamp and just cut the old one off, burp it, and reclamp. Hibdon tires (who spotted the problem while doing my rotation/balance) wanted to charge $460 to half-shaft the axle. Kept on telling me how hard the job is. Jeep wanted over 80$ for the stupid boot. NAPA, as usual, came through at $11. In reality it's one of the dirtiest jobs I've ever done on the ZJ. Lots of grease everywhere, dirt to haul out of the axle, and cleaning the CV joint.. -- DougW |
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