Re: Question on CV Joints/Boots

TeGGEr,

I think you could add 'ice formation' to the causes. When wet, compacted 
snow or dripping water freezes overnight, it wedges / encases your boots 
at whatever angle they were sitting last.

In the morning you start the car, crank the wheel and drive off. The 
boots could really take a beating as they tear themselves free from the 
ice and grit.

Floridians don't suffer from this much, but Albertans do, with 
temperature falling to -40 on occasion...  :-(

'Curly'

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TeGGeR wrote:
> "Scott MacLean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake unto the assembled
> masses in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: 
>
>
> > > The boots crack due to a combination of cold and steering stresses.
> > > If the boots were on the REAR driveshafts of a front-steering car,
> > > they will last almost indefinitely in any environment.
> >
> > Not true. I've had to replace several rear CV boots on several on my
> > various AWD Subarus.
>
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> There will always be exceptions to any rule.
>
> There may be other factors at work in your case. Shaft angle, rubber 
> composition used by Subaru, statistical randomness, etc.
>
> My guy's 30 years of experience on this subject says steering and cold are 
> the primary killers of CV joint boots by far. I believe him.


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