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Originally Posted by Ohio Enthusiast
Reporting back - redid the axle grease today, together with changing the diff fluid.
It turned out to be pretty easy to undo the Subaru clamps on the boots - bend back the two ears that hold it closed with a flat head screwdriver, then the clamp pops open mostly on its own. On the small clamps I had to pry them open more to get them off the boot, but the big clamps opened up enough on their own.
The original grease turned to syrup or thick oil - just came pouring out of the boot after I removed it (no problem catching that on the right side, but on the left side it poured on the exhaust pipe, making a bigger mess). I then wiped away all the grease syrup I could from the axle and boot, but that's obviously not as thorough as taking it apart.
Packed the area with CV-2 grease and closed the clamps. No issues there, they closed up just fine and seem to be as snug as before.
I still have the OEM boot kits and plenty of leftover CV-2 if this doesn't work out well and I do have to remove the axles and do a proper replacement. I'll keep an eye on the boots and update here.
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I recommend using new clamps, I tried to reuse the originals and they always fail losing some CV-2 grease, especially the big one.