If there's nothing wrong with the CV joint, don't replace it just because the boot is bad. Just get the boot. And no, they don't need to be replaced in pairs. Jim On Aug 16, 2004, at 6:05 PM, John Schaper wrote: > When crawling under the 84 Westfalia over the weekend, I noticed the > passenger inboard CV boot gone and grease splattered everywhere. I'm > going > to replace them myself, although I have never done so before. The > question: > Do CV's have to be replace in pairs (left and right) or can I get away > with > just doing the passenger side CV's. The driver side looks good and > was done > about 10K ago. > |
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