Mk2 golf 1.3 1990
During the past month i\'ve noticed a occasional slight grinding sound from my passenger side front wheel when I brake. This has got more frequent and now occurs each time I brake. I jacked the car up to inspect the pads they were fine. But I discovered that the the cv boot must have a split in it because the grease is leaking out all the way around the rubber boot.
To sort this out do i just need to replace the rubber and is this a simple task? Will any damage have occured to the joint itself?
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Hi
Can\'t be sure for your model car, but I know that my polo required \'special\' tools according to the haynes manual. (that was for an internal boot though)
Best thing to do is check out a Haynes manual - see if they say you can do it - as if it doesn\'t need specialist tools it should be a fairly simple job.
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To sort this out do i just need to replace the rubber and is this a simple task?
Unless you use one of those, IMHO, cheap nasty split cv boots that you wrap around the cv joint and glue the 2 halves together, you'll have to separate the drive shaft from the cv joint. This'll involve disasembly of the drive shaft from the hub, which will more than likely also involving disconnecting the bottom ball joint from the wishbone/lower hub assembly.
Will any damage have occured to the joint itself?
That would depend on how long it's been like it and whether all the grease has come out. Other things to think about; has the joint been contaminated by road salt, for example. If you put the car on full lock and drive around in circles, are there any clicking noises? If so, chances are the cv joint is shot. If not, then you have been lucky. Only real way to know is to strip the cv joint down and examine all the components for obvious wear. Refrain from driving until you've got it sorted.
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Simply buy a repair kit from GSF car parts or Eurocarparts. You need a 30mm socket to remove hub nut from the driveshaft - it's often very tight. Next you need a 6mm spline key to undo the CV joint assembly from the differential output shaft.
There is enough movement on full lock to pull the assembly out. You then use the kit instructions to fit the new boot and repack with the special grease supplied.
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Ideally you need a 3/4 drive socket and a large bar these can ne tight enough to shear even a britool 1/2 bar. Anyone want to but a 1/2 Britool bar without the square on it. !! If you do not have any noises when cornering, or at speed, or slowly at full lock then I suspect your noise is not the CV joint. Good will to all mechanical parts. Peter
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Hello
thanks for all the advice. If i change the boot on one side is it advisable to change the boot on the other side?
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Sarb11
As Phil G says, use a spline key on the cv joint, don't be tempted to use an allen key.GGH
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Good point GGH I forgot about that. GGH is refering to the six Spline Key bolts that are at the gearbox end of the shaft and tattch the inner CV to the gearbox output drive flange. Regards Peter
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I have also broken a 1/2" (push through) drive on my Britool torque wrench on a mk2 Golf driveshalf nut but luckily obtained a replacement.
Some years ago, I took the office mk2 Golf for it's mot, it passed, but the test centre said there was some play in the os front wheel bearing. I investigated and found the driveshalf nut was only finger tight. Now when I have to renew a cv boot on my own golf I use the old nut as a locking nut instead of discarding it.
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