CV axle/Joint problems

[Tremp31]

Ahhh... now I realize that I have to clearify. The first one the boot tore flung grease everywhere and then the bearing failed. The car took a hard left at the top of the esses, caught it before it hit the wall (real scary ) . The second one the boot just tore bearing didn't fail yet. I heard the straw/tube thing before, might have to try that too.

[Greg Amy]

Left axle, inner boot? That was my nemesis: I was tearing boots every weekend which got worse when I started doing the longer National/Majors races. Raxles claimed I was running the car too low (I wasn't), Gator thought I might be picking up road debris (with a full undertray?) That's when I moved my GoPro to under the car and saw it happening (see video above).

Brass tube under the smaller end of the inner boot resolved it completely. I believe Gator does this for all axles now.

GA

[Tremp31]

Greg, just realized that you put the video on there. Watching now... at what minute mark do things start to go bad?

[Greg Amy]

Greg, just realized that you put the video on there. Watching now... at what minute mark do things start to go bad?

C'mon, man, enjoy the suspense!!

Don't remember exactly...the boot grows gradually from internal pressure to somewhere around 25 minutes? At that point it expands and contacts the block then goes poof and back to its original shape. FF until you see grease on the orange brake hoses then back up.

[callard]

On our Grand Am Type R we weren't running enough air ducting to the front rotors to keep them cool. Radiant heat from the rotors were melting the boots enough that they failed and spit out the grease. The radiant heat also melted the ABS sensor wires. We had to add ducting and heat shields to solve the boot problems.

[Tremp31]

WOW... when it went, it looks like it went quick! Thanks for the help guys. Makes me feel better that I'm not the only one.

[Chip42]

there are goign to be very few cases where you are the only one who has suffered and found a solution for a specific problem... there are at least as many solutions for a problem as there are people with that problem, so most of the quick response "go-to" fixes have been pretty well vetted, too. places like this forum are a gold mine for people just starting out and really help to flatten the learning curve.