I had Toyota replace my inner boots due to wear about 3 months ago. Stuck my head under yesterday to find grease seaping out of one of the outer boots. Rang toyota to take it back on friday but want to know what i'm talking about.
Would they have removed the outer to get to the inner or does the outer stay on the shaft as they remove it?
Already had a cv shop replace the clamp but its just as bad, they say to replace the boot. Not spending anymore on it if it's toyotas fault.
Any suggestions, i'm just not sure on the process of how the inners are done?
Thanks
Dan
Edit: Checked it out again and since cv shop replaced the clamp it does'nt look quite right(can't compare otherside cos it's an aftermarket one). It looks like the boot is squashed right in towards the wheel, heaps tighter than it was before.
you can see that the boot is sitting down inside a machined recess. There is another ring machined about 15mm further out along the shaft, i'm sure i couldn't see this before so i'm thinking that's where the boot was clamped before. I took it back to the cv shop today but the block says its right where it is the clamps just don't tighten up real well on the plastic of the outers once they age and harden up a bit.
Can someone please check their factory outer boot/shaft and tell me if you can see this machined ring around the shaft.
Thanks
Dan