Rear Drive Axels

[Jpeterson]

I have a 99 Boxster. I has an occasion to take a good look underneath the rear of the car. I wanted to inspect the dirve axel boots. I noticed that the axels looked cleaner than the rest of the stuff under there and I also saw a Porsche part number sticker on both axels. What I would like to know is do the axels come from the factory with the number stickers on them or could this be a sign they have been replaced. All four boots looked to be in very good condition and no leakage at all. Thank you for your help.

[Loren]

Hard to say without the part numbers.

Looks like someone replaced both CV joints with axles (the best way to do that if they were leaking for some time).

[N41EF]

The axels I took off my 03S had sticker on them, and the new axels from Sunset also did. The part number of the new ones superceeded the old part number.

I had all four boots broke or leaking, so I replaced both axels with new, and will clean and reboot the old ones, then vaccum bag them and put them on the shelf as spares.