So here's my perceived emergency - I have to drive it like this probably for another two to four weeks because of a scenario of no money, no further credit available, and etc. I have no way of fixing it until another one or two pay cycles because i'm already behind on every other bill and already eating one bowl of rice per day because everything hit me at once.
How stupid or/and dangerous is it to do so, and can I mitigate the problem any in the meanwhile like shoving some extra grease in there (of what type) or what.
This is a 1994 honda accord EX, I didn't realize the CV boot (and joint) was bad until now. There's been "a noise" on turns for almost a year but it's intermittent, like one out of 8-9 turns just seemed more like a curiousity, and it was always a tick-tick-tick more than a grind or anything. Well finally yesterday it turned into notable grinding on every sharp turn, I looked under the car and saw the CV boots are screwed. I'm not sure how long they've been screwed, if I just didn't see it before/didn't know what to look for or what, but now more than a minor lane change gives a good grind-grind-grind.
So first up I have to make it live another 2-4 weeks until I will have a chance to properly fix it. FWIW my normal 12 mile or so drive didn't make it feel abnormally hot, perhaps its more the grinding turns than highway driving that will aggravate it. And second i'm wondering what special tools and such I will need to do it when I get the chance. I hope to look up specific instructions later either at the library or if someone has an online tutorial thats good too, just wondering what tools I need to look for/dig out of storage/plan to have to do the job later.
I'm also assuming I need to just buy some new or remanufactured shaft to replace entirely or is this something rebuildable... (never done one before so i'm clueless)
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