I've got a beater subaru that has over 210k on the clock. It's rusty, and not worth any sort of extensive or expensive solution. One of the rear CV's is starting to make noise, and since there is no way I am going to R&R it I figure the next best thing is to make sure there's at least _some_ lube in there.
My idea is to cut a little hole in the small end of the boot, shoot in lubricant X, and then zip-tie the boot to the half-shaft closer to the joint than the hole (I know the zip-tie will be ok since I had a hole like this once by accident and fixed it just that way). The question is, what do I shoot in there? None of the boots have holes, so any grease which is there is likely dried up and not leaked out. For this reason I was thinking something along the lines of M1 15W50 or mebbe STP...
Any idears?
Thanks!
Robert
My idea is to cut a little hole in the small end of the boot, shoot in lubricant X, and then zip-tie the boot to the half-shaft closer to the joint than the hole (I know the zip-tie will be ok since I had a hole like this once by accident and fixed it just that way). The question is, what do I shoot in there? None of the boots have holes, so any grease which is there is likely dried up and not leaked out. For this reason I was thinking something along the lines of M1 15W50 or mebbe STP...
Any idears?
Thanks!
Robert