Exploded Boot any help?

[MR-VTEC]

hey all,

well i was inspecting my car yesterday and came across this!!!!:(

my left side inner cv boot had exploded!

does anyone know how much this might cost to fix roughly and also why this may have happened? how long will i be able to drive my car like this cause i know that i will run into big problems if i run the bearings dry cause all the grease has blown out of the seal.:(

any help is appreciated.

http://www.ozhonda.com/gallery/data/500/1286DSC00186.JPG

http://www.ozhonda.com/gallery/data/500/1286DSC00183.JPG

http://www.ozhonda.com/gallery/data/500/1286DSC00182.JPG

[Q_ball]

oooooooh shit!
looks nasty! :o

[garett]

it hasnt exploded... over time the rubber becomes hard and is prone to cracking, so when there is a crack and the shaft keeps spinning it is going to tear open and evenually in half. sometimes they are prone to cracking easier when the car has been lowered as the cv boot is slightly bent all the time

a new cv boot cost about 20 bucks and depending on where you go about 80 to about 120 to fit it takes about an hour to hour and a half

get it fixed immediately as dirt gets into the cv joint amongst the grease and makes it like a polishing material and simply wares the cv joint until its destroyed

that will cost you about 200 +
so fix it asap

[Eclipsor]

I went to get a safety certificate for my eg yesterday. The front left exterior boot was split. He charged $80 for supply and fit which I thought was reasonable. I had read up on how to replace this one and it looked like you had to remove it via the interior joint so would be just as complex if not more so than the interior one. Unless there's something I missed.

pm me if you want the mechanic details. It's on Bris Northside.

[MR-VTEC]

cheers thanks for your replies people, yeah i realised it hadn't exploded, just added it for affect lol. gee thats not as bad as i thought then, i thought it was gonna cost me more than that to get it repaired. well at least thats one bit of good news for the last few days. thanks people. much appreciated.

[JDM.Power]

oooooooh shit!
looks nasty! :o

[tegstar83]

I just found out today that my righ hand side had cracked open theres was grease all over the place. Has there been a DIY on this b4??

[CIV73C]

my front onez crackd open like that recentli..
i went to hannys. n they changed it for $50..
onli took 20mins-

[tegstar83]

theres no rear one man LOL! :D
but did they take off the stub axel at all/ knuclke??
And Garret: Do they cost 2o bux from honda or from somewhere like burson??

[MR-VTEC]

$50 thats pretty cheap, must have been the outer boot.

[tegstar83]

Yeah mines the outer boot also not the one on the gearbox so im thinking its a DIY job for me just want to know if anyone else has done one on here??