For the time and effort. Remove the clamps on the small end of the outer boots. Take a turkey baster or something with a small neck and shoot some heavy oil in. Just replace the clamps with screw clamps.

The rear cv joints where originally lubricated with heavy oil. Over the years some seems to escape. If the car had replacement axels at some point. Sometimes grease was used.

When I examined failed cv joints on front drive cars. Plus they were far newer than your car. Frequently I saw the carrier or the soap had been pushed out of the way and the evidence of lubrication really was no longer present.

In any event I have always felt it is bętter to add a couple of ounces of heavy oil per joint. On any new acquisition of these cars. Than not. Call it preventative in nature.


A cv joint running dry can make noise under load. I am just suggesting this as a possibility. Yet not a certainty in your case. Also I would look at the center bearing rubber mount on the driveshaft.


Typically dry or under lubricated cv joints get noisier after or on a highway run. If lubrication is not present the parts heat up and expand. If you had that symptom I would almost be certain it is the issue.