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Originally Posted by danielac
So in the middle of a road trip my driver's side rear axle started making a clunking noise, and it turns out my boot was leaking grease and running dry. I topped it off and made it home, but I figure I'll go ahead and replace the whole axle. I found Cardone axles for $85 each with a lifetime warranty.
Is Cardone a reliable brand? For the price and with that warranty, I don't think I can go wrong, but just want opinions.
Should I go ahead and replace both rear axles? I haven't had any problems yet, but if the job is substantially easier to do both at once than separately then I'm okay with being proactive. If it's not, I'll save the time and money.
Are there any other parts I should order? New differential seals or anything like that that I may come across once I get started?
Thanks for all of your help.
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Don't loose your paperwork so you can get the warranty.
I have Cardone Axles on my Car and after 5 years the Boots started to show signs of cracking.
Note that I had no failure I just decided not to wait and in fact just re-greased the Cardones and put new boots on them and they have been fine.
If the Boots on your crack after 5 years you keeping the paperwork would allow you to exchange for another instead of rebooting.