Well today i went to my friends house to just simply put some brake pads in. Mostly cuz he has the impact driver and the tools that make the job easier. I then come to find out that i need new rotors so i got those. As im messing with the rotors i see this grease...everywhere in my rim and everything. I check around ... UGH now i need a new CV axel. So i take another trip to autozone.. costs me $101.00 with a core charge of 35.00 which is aight, but wish it was more. I did get a lesson in messing with my car and did learn a lot of new things , but i didnt want the money to come along with it.

Pads - $30.00
Rotors - $45.00
CV Axel - $101.00
= 176
- 35 core
= 141.00$ and i only wanted to spend $30.00

I have pics of my brake pads especially the one that was grinding metal on metal. Be up in a bit

 

o ya its hardly ever a easy fix.... gotta hate those unexpected repairs needed!
BUT at least thats one less thing youll have to worry about failing on ya when driving down the road!

 

heh unless the passenger side axel decides to be a pooper.. KNOCK ON WOOD!

 

where did the grease come from? the boot was ripped?

 

ya well it wasnt grease.. im pretty sure it was tranny fluid but looked like grease.. ya the rubber CV boot ripped



thats not mine but thats what happened, there was tranny fluid all up in that B.. but i checked my tranny fluid after and i had A LOT still in there so i was straight.

 

Sounds like a good day of wrenching to me. I love learning something new, as well as the satisfaction of doing the work myself. If you want to feel a little beter, call a shop and have them quote everything you did. It will bring a smile to your face, I promise.

 

Thats not tranny fluid, its axle grease. If there is tranny fluid around your axles you have a problem. I've had much worse days. Like 2 weeks ago when it took 6 hours to change the front struts. Last time I changed an axle the boot on the trans ripped and started leaking fluid.

 

it just sucked. Do i gotta put the axle grease in? wtf.. or is it just there? cuz i didnt put any in

 

If you bought a new or rebuilt axle, you only have to install the axle. If you install a new boot, then you have to apply grease. The new axle will have grease already inside the CV joint.

 

ripped cv boots suck