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So I found grease on the inner edge of the nearside front wheel and on the outer boot. Cleaned it up and for the life of me cannot find any rips or tears but I guess it's failing. I'm not entirely sure how long this has been going on so does this mean the cv axle must be replaced and not just the boot?
It's a 3.0d 2006. Can anyone give me a heads up on a garages labour time for this job?
Thanks. I'm struggling to keep on top of this car.

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I know it may not be a popular choice, but it's cheap and well within DIY ability, Over the years I have had plenty of success with these. Cut the old one off wipe away as much of the old grease as you can, put this round driveshaft cut to size, glue together, you can practise putting it together before putting it round the shaft. fill it with the supplied grease and cable tie in position. If you make an ass of it it's only cost you £8 to try. No it will not last as long as a BMW one, but you could probably fit 8/10 of them for the price of getting one fitted at the dealer 

And equally you dont need to go to a dealer. Any small garage can do this and give you a quote over the phone assuming they find nothing else wrong. Consider getting both done - if one has gone the other will probably go soon
Smee

[quote="Murphybarnes"]
So I found grease on the inner edge of the nearside front wheel and on the outer boot. Cleaned it up and for the life of me cannot find any rips or tears but I guess it's failing. I'm not entirely sure how long this has been going on so does this mean the cv axle must be replaced and not just the boot?
It's a 3.0d 2006. Can anyone give me a heads up on a garages labour time for this job?
Thanks. I'm struggling to keep on top of this car.
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Are u sure it's grease and not oil, just thinking u could have the same issue as me. MOT time and they told me that the boot was wet and leaking. Took it back to have it changed and they found no tears or rips like you, noticed that the steering rack had the tiniest weep which dropped on the boot. Not even worth worrying about in my case.

Think it's 1.5-2 hours labour time ish.

It's definitely grease. Doing the never ending suspension tomorrow so going to have a better look. No clicking or grinding but I guess that's in the post.
I never use dealers except for parts like filters or suchlike. Two bolts and four nuts for the lower arms: £16.22.!!
Will have a good old look tomorrow and try and see exactly what is going on.

[quote="Murphybarnes"]
It's definitely grease. Doing the never ending suspension tomorrow so going to have a better look. No clicking or grinding but I guess that's in the post.
I never use dealers except for parts like filters or suchlike. Two bolts and four nuts for the lower arms: £16.22.!!
Will have a good old look tomorrow and try and see exactly what is going on.
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Definitely a nick in the rubber boot, so replacing the N/S boot at the weekend. The joint should be uncontaminated, so not replacing the joint. I've checked out a few videos online. Assuming everything comes off okay, is this straight forward to pull the driveshaft out? Only reason I ask is the alloy sump guard bolts look siezed, so would rather haul it out wheel side.

Fitting Meyle parts, etc.