Kevin, your mileage is pretty low. Unless the boots have been torn for years and years, you should be able to get away with just cleaning and repacking them with new boots. We actually have Lobro boot kits available right now. $16 each is a pretty good price too I think. Here is a link if you want to check them out: http://www.vanagain.com/shop/cv-boot-kit/ Ken On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 1:56 PM, Kevin P Gilleran <kevin@gilleranenergy.com> wrote: > All, > > I have a 1991 westy with an automatic transmission. I have torn boots on > both axles. > > > > I am at 108,000 miles and wonder if I should r/r the entire axle assembly > on > both sides rather than replace the boots only. It looks like GoWesty has > rebuilt axles with german CV's and lobo boots should hopefully be durable > for the next 100k. > > > > I figure that if I am going to time and effort to pull the axles and I want > to do it only one time in the foreseeable future this might be the best > course of action. > > > > Any thoughts or feedback. Thanks for your thoughtful comments. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > > > Kevin P. Gilleran >
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