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While replacing the front struts, I accidentally punctured the front left inner cv joint boot. It's a small tear, but an amazing amount of grease has escaped it. I am thinking of buying a new boot kit. However, I really don't want to pull the whole axle. Do you think it would be possible to remove the inner flange bolts from the differential and pull back the axle enough to gain access to the cir clip, cv joint and boot? Anyone done this? Thanks  

 

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While replacing the front struts, I accidentally punctured the front left inner cv joint boot. It's a small tear, but an amazing amount of grease has escaped it. I am thinking of buying a new boot kit. However, I really don't want to pull the whole axle. Do you think it would be possible to remove the inner flange bolts from the differential and pull back the axle enough to gain access to the cir clip, cv joint and boot? Anyone done this? Thanks  
 
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One of my other cars got a small puncture in the boot from road debris and started spewing grease similar to yours. I injected some extra CV grease into the boot using a needle on a grease gun. Then I cleaned up the boot with rags and isopropyl alcohol. Finally, I dabbed a coating of Black Gasket Maker (similar to RTV) over the hole - - all the autoparts stores should carry it. Knock on wood, it's held for over a year. On my car it was an outer boot, so I positioned the car to just the right spot and turned the wheel outwards so that the area I needed to cover had the accordion expanded around the punctured area - - I'm not sure if you can do that on an inner boot without unbolting the CV (or if it's necessary), but it definitely helped and was needed for an outside boot that flexes a lot. Good luck.

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Looking at your photo again, I'd say adding additional grease is somewhat optional. It added a lot of extra time to get the right grease. For an outer joint, seems maybe worth it, but the inner would seem to have an easier life. I seem to recall (but it's been a while and was a different car) that the next easiest repair was to buy a reman'd half shaft and bolt it in. YMMV.

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Brainz, great minds think alike! Today I got the idea to dab liquid electrical tape around the area. After an hour of drying, I dabbed a little more surrounding the immediate tear. Knowing how elastic and sure bonding this stuff is, I'm pretty confident it will hold. 

 

Thanks for posting detail about your repair. I'm sure others will benefit from your experience. 

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