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Vice Lord wrote: Wheres Martin Incorporated? I'd like his input on this..

It can get crap in there that is probably what you are hearng.
Head for Marcy's right by Hog Heaven, they will take care of you tell em i sent you. myabe they'll give you the family deal. :thumbsup:

Martin Ent Inc wrote:

Vice Lord wrote: Wheres Martin Incorporated? I'd like his input on this..

It can get crap in there that is probably what you are hearng.
Head for Marcy's right by Hog Heaven, they will take care of you tell em i sent you. myabe they'll give you the family deal. :thumbsup:

Thanks bro- Can I go through the weekend with it like it is? and

Do I drop the Name Martin Ent Inc? Or Mountain Man?

Martin Ent.

and you should be fine for the weekend.
Is this on your Grand?

Aspen Park (Green Acres) Auto - you are a fool.

you have the wrong part -

here's what you need

http://tinyurl.com/68bvhbe

(link from partstrain.com)


Cheers.

Martin Ent Inc wrote:

Vice Lord wrote: Wheres Martin Incorporated? I'd like his input on this..

It can get crap in there that is probably what you are hearng.
Head for Marcy's right by Hog Heaven, they will take care of you tell em i sent you. myabe they'll give you the family deal. :thumbsup:

If you can hear the joint the damage is already done. Just put a reman. axle in and good to go.

Are you hearing joint grinding, or are you hearing it from the pad and rotor area? How soon did you notice it after you did the change? I've had the same problem before, and in just a couple days in the city, it did enough damage that they had to repace the joint. Up here, I'm betting the damage happens a lot sooner. Good luck, it's not cheap.

If it's OK, then keep an eye on the boot. Once ripped, it rips again easily.

I haven't had much car work done up here, but I've had nothing but good service and decent prices from Aspen Park, though last time I asked about something ,it seemed a bit high. Never hurts to comparison shop.

I can tell ya that on a subaru- once the boot cracks it starts to collect dirt as has been mentioned.

It's all down hill from there. The boots on a subaru will usually last more than 120,000 miles. On an all wheel drive, the transaxle can be good for 200K - but if that boot cracks it will collect dirt and ruin the knuckle joint in as little as 1000 miles.

Another poster has already posted the correct solution- just replace the entire axle - which comes with a new boot. In fact- you should probably just do them both and be done with it.

If you do not replace the axle- at least make sure that the joint is cleaned out completely- remove every speck of grease and dirt until completely clean and re-grease - or your joint will wear out quickly from the dirt that got into it.

I replace my own on my subaru- have done this work with 3 cars now over the years. It costs about 75 bucks per side - or about 150 bucks for a subaru. This usually needs to be done every 150,000- 170,000 miles or so on a subaru.

Just did mine last summer- I also went ahead and put in new bearings- new break pads and rotors - just about everything that moves in the front. I did all the labor myself.

When my old Toyota had 175,000 miles, I found a torn CV boot.

Drove it for 20,000 more miles. Never changed the boot - but did ask mechanic to ensure that it remained greased.

The CV started rattling at 195,000 miles - and the mechanic said "not worth replacing --- it would cost more than the car."

I traded the car in at 200,000 miles. Last I heard, the car's still running, still clunking, and still appreciated by its driver.

I traded the car in at 200,000 miles. Last I heard, the car's still running, still clunking, and still appreciated by its driver.

Yea- that's great but.....

How would you like to be going down the road at 65MPH and have a CV joint come apart on you?

Not me. If it's rattling- I'm going to get it fixed. And on a Subaru it's a 70 dollar part.

I wouldn't want it to blow into pieces on me and have shrapnel come through the floorboard.