Blown inner CV joint boot

[jseabolt]

Blew an inner CV joint boot on my Baja the other day. It blew that hi-temp CV joint grease all over the exhaust system. It wouldn't come off with engine degreaser or burn off so I had to wipe everything down with a diesel soak rag. A $15 fix but took me 6 hours to from start to finish". Where the Oxygen sensor failure was a $200/15 minute fix.

 

 

 

 

I found a Subaru axle is allot easier to remove than on a 4 speed Yugo yet there is no pin to drive out on the Yugo. Just not enough clearance to pull the axle out of the transmission. The hard thing on the Subaru is getting that pin out. Too much crap in the way to get leverage on a hammer and punch. I finally remove the air intake system which gained me some clearance. I sure hope the other side doesn't crap out. I'm not sure how to get to the pin on that side. Perhaps remove the washer tank like I did to get to the spark plugs.

 

The Chilton's manual which covers 2000 to 2006 Legacy, Forester and Bajas says "Earler modes" have this "spring pin" but later models do not. I drove the pin back in but it makes me wonder if this pin is really nessessary. If the later models do not use this pin then is there just not a hole there for a pin?

 

Isn't it more common for the outers to blow than the inners?

[idosubaru]

the inners break fairly often too because of heat from the exhaust degrading the rubber.

 

clean up is annoying part of a few different jobs.

 

glad you got it done, i've yet to hear about the "no-roll pin" axles? my 2002 has a roll pin, haven't worked on anything newer than that.

 

you did the right thing - knock the passengers side pin out from up top. the drivers side you can get out of most subaru's easier from the bottom, it's the easier side. so you'd probably knock that one out quicker.

[monstaru]

this is not where this goes, it should be in whatever corresponding year area your vehicle is.....