Rebooting the joints, What to buy?
 

im planning to put new boots on my rear axles. Should i buy the kit with the homokinetic joints or should i just buy the boots?

Thank you

You might include what car you are talking about in your signature.

sorry 84 DT...

I really think
 

That for the DIY there is only one way and that is to replace the entire half shaft. I believe almost all the 82 to 85's take the same half shafts, hooked to the differential with an easily removed "c" clip and with an 8mm bolt through the hub center into the shaft. One of our members wrote an excellent article telling you your every move, and the simple tools needed. Work safe though, and get that rear up in the air and use good jackstands. If you used reconditioned shafts, it runs about $125.00 a side and then it is done right.

Im gonna pay a local axle shop 100$ to do both. I was just wondering wether i should buy the 45$ kit with the homokinetic joints or just the boots...

I'm not familiar with the "kit" you refer to -- where did you hear about it? The "homokinetic" joint is part of the axle. There's another kind of joint, I don't remember the name, they are interchageable. A charge of only $100 to R&R two axles is very inexpensive, do they know what they are getting into? Does that include seals, diff fluid, etc?

Replacing the boots with the factory parts requires special tools -- does your axle place have them? Look before you leap! Read the following thread (and there are many others):

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/156429-w123-axle-r-r-job-some-questions.html?highlight=axle

Jeremy

im pulling the axles myself and bringing them to the axle shop...

yup
 

yup, thats what I did after buying all the goods.... They uncrimped the can and put their own boots on , lubed her up, and recrimped the can back on hydraulically with a press.. $130 total not including all the stuff I purchased and did not need (still sitting in the bag)..

note, mark the axles, as to which side they came out of and replace everything from where it came from, (including the big C clips), as things wear differently and the spacers must line up correctly. Watch out for any spacers that MAY come out when removing the spline out of the spider gears. (my spacers did not come out, even more important for things to be replaced correctly)

Cheers!

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That is different
 

A previous writer says to put the shafts back in the same side they were pulled from. Other writers on this forum believe that they should be reversed, that the wear on the axles largely is in the forward way, and reversing them would result in a newer, less worn surface. I bought mine exchange and did not have that option.