On Mar 26, 1:26 pm, "JohnO" <t696...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I've had a squeak in my left rear wheel for about a week. Seems like
> brakes, so yesterday I pulled out the pads and checked them out...the
> tab that makes noise is still just over 1/8 inch from the rotor. Lotsa
> life left there, apparently.
>
> But, I noticed that both boots on the left rear drive shaft are
> broken. Doesn't look like something I can do myself, so what's an
> estimate of the labor time for replacing these?
>
> And BTW...the squeak is gone after removing and reinstalling the
> pads.
>
> -John O

maybe the pads were glazed, and you rearanged things. I don't know
Sube's yet, but are the pads the same, that you could have swaped the
sides?

VF

On Apr 1, 6:03 pm, hound...@phonom.net wrote:
> On Mar 26, 1:26 pm, "JohnO" <t696...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > I've had a squeak in my left rear wheel for about a week. Seems like
> > brakes, so yesterday I pulled out the pads and checked them out...the
> > tab that makes noise is still just over 1/8 inch from the rotor. Lotsa
> > life left there, apparently.
>
> > But, I noticed that both boots on the left rear drive shaft are
> > broken. Doesn't look like something I can do myself, so what's an
> > estimate of the labor time for replacing these?
>
> > And BTW...the squeak is gone after removing and reinstalling the
> > pads.
>
> > -John O
>
> maybe the pads were glazed, and you rearanged things. I don't know
> Sube's yet, but are the pads the same, that you could have swaped the
> sides?
>
> VF


Nope, I took them out one at a time. They got noisy again after a few
days. A friend suggested taking the corner off the front edge, and
maybe I'll put some grease behind the pads just for grins.

-John O

On 2 Apr 2007 07:44:06 -0700, houndman@phonom.net <houndman@phonom.net> wrote:
>
> I replaced a CV joint boot with a Jiffy Boot, which is split, and
> wraps around the joint, and little nuts and bolts secure the seam. I
> put rubber cement on the seam to seal it better.
>

Where do you get those? I just bought a used 1997 Impreza OBS and it's
missing the two front inner boots and I'd like to replace them asap. Do you
or anyone else think it's OK to just replace the boots or do the joints need
to be repacked?

--
Ray

> Where do you get those? I just bought a used 1997 Impreza OBS and it's
> missing the two front inner boots and I'd like to replace them asap. Do you
> or anyone else think it's OK to just replace the boots or do the joints need
> to be repacked?

I just saw them in a JC Whitney catalog for $13 each.

-John O

On Apr 4, 1:36 am, Ray <n...@sonictech.net> wrote:
> On 2 Apr 2007 07:44:06 -0700, hound...@phonom.net <hound...@phonom.net> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I replaced a CV joint boot with a Jiffy Boot, which is split, and
> > wraps around the joint, and little nuts and bolts secure the seam. I
> > put rubber cement on the seam to seal it better.
>
> Where do you get those? I just bought a used 1997 Impreza OBS and it's
> missing the two front inner boots and I'd like to replace them asap. Do you
> or anyone else think it's OK to just replace the boots or do the joints need
> to be repacked?
>
> --
> Ray

I got one for an 86' Chevy at Pep Boys. Don't know CV joints that
well, but think I would clean the old grease out, and repack it with
the grease that comes with the boots. No telling how long they were
off, and if any dirt got in. Mine just had splits, and grease leaking
out, so I just added more grease, and no problems in 4 yrs, but not
many miles.

VF