please anyone with any know how on this subject
i was pumping gas today (at 3.19 GAL) when i saw grease in my wheel well on the drives side i looked closer and there it was the cv boot was riped (now my ? is replace the whole shaft or just the quick fix boot

how long and how hard is it to do what kinda tools and ect.... anything to look for when i tear in to it like bearings or andthing do i need to pack them or anything like that thakx guy;s and gal;s i have a 89 toy v6 4x4 79000mils thanx for all the help JOe

All the info you need, FSM for different year but info is the same:

http://personal.utulsa.edu/~nathan-buchanan/93fsm/

you could get a whole shaft from the zone at around 60 bucks lifetime warrantied or a cv joint and boot kit for around 20 your call

Read this on how to take the hub body off.

Replacement snap ring for end of axle
Snap ring pliers
PB Blaster
Hammer and brass drift to beat the cone washers loose (rest drift on hub body, and left the nuts on, so the washers don't go flyin')

Pry bar for the cussing action after you disconnect the flange at the differential.

Pull CV axle out from the inboard side.
Reverse to install.

If the boot has been torn for awhile, you're better off lugging it to the parts store for your core exchange up front. With steel prices going batschidt, they've gone up another $50 on my end of the planet. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/evil.gif" alt="" />

If buying a boot kit, you'll still need to buy the end snap ring seperately.

You can also buy one of those split boot deals to slap on there after you dig out the grease and rocks from the joint and repack them with molyb grease.

As mentioned, your call; mostly depends on how long you've been driving it that way.

The first time that happened to me (passengers side) i just replaced the boot.....the next time (drivers side) i replaced the whole thing, though that was because of and exploded cv <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/angry.gif" alt="" />, it still took a hell of a lot less time than just the boot...guess it would depend on how much money you want to spend.

I replaced all 4 boots a year ago. A bit messy but can be done and relatively cheaply too.

Unless you're really really short on cash, it's worth it to replace the entire halfshaft unit. I changed just the boots once, and 75% of the process was the disassembly, cleaning, and reassembly of the units, not to mention the approximately 80,000 shop rags which ended up being soaked in grease, and I had to wash by hand... multiple times.

Thanks for all the information. ? So prying and cussing is nessecary at the differential???

The bolts are pressed in there, so you've got to pry the inner joint clear of them to drop it down.

One popular mod is to knock the bolts out, grind the splines back down a little bit, reinstall with grade 8 nuts and lockwashers.

I've done a few, so not so much cussin' <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/ignore.gif" alt="" />

A little 2-3lb sledge hammer is all it takes to knock out the studs. If you plan to re-use the bolts just leave the nuts on the ends when knocking them out, to keep from messing up the threads.