The constant velocity, or CV, joint lives only as long as its grease. A blown rubber boot combined with velocity can spin grease out and let in road crud. A telltale clik-clik-clik means it’s already ...

CV boots can tear without warning – and usually at an inopportune time – putting your axels at risk. Luckily, our new Rapid Repair CV Boot Kit has everything you need to change it out – and is so easy ...

This article was researched using 4 sources. See our methodology and corrections policy. CV (constant velocity) boot replacement is an important maintenance task that keeps your vehicle’s axles in ...

Q I was just told by my lube shop that one of my car s CV boots is split and needs to be replaced. They showed me how it was oozing grease and said the expensive CV joint inside would wear out quickly ...

Conventional wisdom typically sets no time or mileage interval to replace drive-axle boots, which are more commonly known as CV-joint boots (“CV” being short for “constant velocity”). Although they ...

Q: My lube shop tells me one of my car’s CV boots is split and needs to be replaced. I wonder if this can keep a month until my handy brother returns from overseas. He’s never done a CV boot but is ...