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Carrera 4 - Front CV Boot vs. Axle Replacement

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YOUR RESEARCHCarrera 4 - Front CV Boot vs. Axle Replacement

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Replace entire axle as it's fairly cost-effective

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With other vehicles, I have generally replaced the entire axle as it's fairly cost-effective.

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Replace boots is prudent

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But at $500/ea on the 996 I'm questioning whether or not just repacking them and replacing the boots is prudent.

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Replace boots is prudent

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But at $500/ea on the 996 I'm questioning whether or not just repacking them and replacing the boots is prudent.

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Replace boots, assuming you have the skill

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If the ***** and races are in good condition, then there isn�t really a downside to repacking and replacing the boots, assuming you have the skill to do the job.

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Replace entire axle assembly

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What's the conventional wisdom on replacing the front CV boots vs replacing the entire axle assembly?

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Replace front cv boots vs

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What's the conventional wisdom on replacing the front CV boots vs replacing the entire axle assembly?

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Replace boots is prudent

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But at $500/ea on the 996 I'm questioning whether or not just repacking them and replacing the boots is prudent.

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Carrera 4 - Front CV Boot vs. Axle Replacement

Replace boots, assuming you have the skill

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If the ***** and races are in good condition, then there isn�t really a downside to repacking and replacing the boots, assuming you have the skill to do the job.

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Replace entire axle as it's fairly cost-effective

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With other vehicles, I have generally replaced the entire axle as it's fairly cost-effective.

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Replace entire axle assembly

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Suggestion · Original poster

What's the conventional wisdom on replacing the front CV boots vs replacing the entire axle assembly?

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Carrera 4 - Front CV Boot vs. Axle Replacement

Replace front cv boots vs

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Suggestion · Original poster

What's the conventional wisdom on replacing the front CV boots vs replacing the entire axle assembly?

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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

What's the conventional wisdom on replacing the front CV boots vs replacing the entire axle assembly? With other vehicles, I have generally replaced the entire axle as it's fairly cost-effective. But at $500/ea on the 996 I'm questioning whether or not just repacking them and replacing the boots is prudent. The car is coming up on approximately 80k miles on the original parts. Thoughts?

POST 2Original post

Personally I *always* put new boots on after cleaning and regressing. The reason being driveshafts are very precise things with special hard metals, in most cases aftermarket versions are inferior in quality. They won't balance as well or last as long etc So that's my recommendation or remove them completely and go 2WD..

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If the ***** and races are in good condition, then there isn�t really a downside to repacking and replacing the boots, assuming you have the skill to do the job. It is very messy and requires one special tool (oetiker clamp crimpers).

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