What a pita mess

[G]

So I take my dsm out for some fun the other day & notice some grease oozing out of my rim! All from a little hole in the cv boot. What a pita it is to clean this crap up. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif

According to the paper work I recieved with the car the cv's are pretty new. Not sure what happened but I think it was from the po zip tying the abs sensor wires (disconnected) to the knuckle & letting them dangle loose.

 

[bazeng]

Damn... looks like fun!

 

[turbowop]

What? You've never had a cv boot rip before? Must not be a quality Denso product. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/hsugh.gif

 

[mooserage]

Let me know what you use to clean it up with, mine just did this too /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

[alansupra94]

I just used a rag and some carburetor cleaner. Worked really well.

 

[2of9]

yeah, don't you love it when that happens. so fun to clean up. I love it when the grease unbalances your rims and you can feel the vibration from the grease on the highway. So fun....NOT.

 

[G]

Quoting turbowop:
What? You've never had a cv boot rip before? Must not be a quality Denso product. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/hsugh.gif



Nope, I've always caught them before hand exactly for this reason. Simple green worked like a champ, brake parts or carb cleaner will strip the paint on your shocks.

 

[CutlassJim]

Look on the bright side, no rust? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif

 

[Romanova]

Like those jack stands G

 

[ApexHunter]

^Yeah.

This happened to me once, the day before a meet. I had spent most of the day prepping the car, and then decided to use the sexy bitch for a 80 mile round trip down to see some family for dinner that night. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif The boot tore at some point on the freeway and i didn't realize it until i got to my destination, at which time i noticed grease oozing it's way through the spokes. Dustshields FTW, kept that brake from being destroyed. Then after dinner i had a nice extra 40 miles back home. At least this got all the rest of the grease out so that i was able to clean it the next morning before leaving for the meet and it didn't get so dirty on the way. Bad timing, and especially frustrating considering that axle (cheap aftermarket POS) had only ~20k.

 

[Turboman_456]

eww!