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If you were wondering about that little split in your axles boots...
Gulp...found these rocks/stones/boulders...inside one of my CV joints.
I had noticed a small split for a little while on the Driveshaft Shop 800hp axle, but there was no grease leaking out, and the split seamed to be small and "closed"... so I ignored it for a couple of months. Finally thought I should change the boot. The grease was still intact..but loaded with various sized pieces of gravel ...and gawd knows what else. Admittedly I do a lot of driving on dirt, but it still blows my mind that : A- How stupid I am (and) B- What can work its way into quite a small split in a rubber boot. Luckily after a full clean and re-lube the CV is as good as new..and is a testament to what one of their axles can cope with. |
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Maybe the projectile nature of the rocks means they lanced the surface, leaving only a small bit of evidence of the entry? Crazy lucky they didn't cause any harm. Now I want to check mine
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considering how much time you spend off paved roads, perhaps some underbody protection should be in order. at least in the form of some lexan/plexiglass/mud flap ziptied to the lower arm mount just to deflect the gunk away from the cv axles!
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nah, blame the car. it can always be something or someone else's fault!
you should press charges against the sanctioning body for leaving pebbles on the race course!
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He's Aussie, not 'Murican, land of the litigous, home of the contingent.
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i just think it'd be funny to attempt to sue an offroad sanctioning body for 'dirt on the course'
be like a surfer complaining about the size of the waves!
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