Somethings Not Quite Right Here....

[XR06T]

was just changing wheels when I spotted this lot.. its the rhs axle. car seems to still drive ok? the driveline clunk has gotten a little worse lately.

what do people think it could be?

cheers in advance

[Adrian6T]

Looks like the rubber boot is split and letting out all the oil/grease.

[MaTTe]

yeah looks like a cv boot split. do you ever come north of the river, because theres a place in osborne park, behind coventrys, called Allans CV Joints, he supplies all the CV parts to WA so he'll be able to give you a much better price than anywhere else, even if it is only the boot that need replacing. Unless it's a warranty job ofcourse..

[XR06T]

so if it still drives fine, probably just a cracked boot? the grease seems to have exploded out, as you can see its all over the exhaust..

still looks like a bit of the ass end will have to be dropped to replace the boot. anyone know how much work it could be?

cheers for the responses so far guys

[MaTTe]

to get the cv joint out, the wheel and some of the IRS need to come off, to get the boot off and replace it, the cv joint needs to be seperated, and it can be inspected while its out.

It's not hard work, you can do it yourself, but you may not notice an issue that Allan would pick up..

You could pull the whole CV out and take the axle to him and get him to check it out when you get a new boot for it.. you'd save money and get to pull your car apart.

Depends what you want out of the experience.

His pricing is VERY reasonable, especially when ou compare it to other places..

hey, I just noticed our wanneroo time.. you're going to have to work on that, we race HQs and have a bucket load of restrictions to work within with a 202 and single carb.. and we do 1:02s all day.. our record is in the 1:01s.

you'd be better on the long track though, the speed up and down the hill is where you'd come into your own. Though a low 1:15:xx all day isn't bad for a 1970s 6cyl.. our record is 1:14:9xxx

Bit of inspiration to work on your times..

[XR06T]

heheh yea. the instructor was saying something like that when I went, I think he may race them too.. the xr would be getting annihilated in the corners, especially the tight ones at the top! the instructor got a 61.9 out of the car but being my 1st time out I could only manage a mid 63.

while I was under there I noticed it is probably only 8 big bolts to get the hub assembly disconnected from the rear of the car. if I can get that off, will the axle and cv just pull out of the diff? if I do that will oil come pouring out of the diff? Also is there anything I can do in the interim, as I wont be able to take it out of the car before next weekend.

thanks again for the help.

[MaTTe]

yeah it's not alot of bolts, the control arm, the control blade, and I don't know what they call the top arm, but that too, its pretty straight foreward, I'll send you the .pdf if you want..

I think there's a circlip you need to take out of the CV joint.. but it'll bump out with a hammer (softly softly)

then take it to Allan get him to have a look.

and no, oil wont pour out. the diff centre is sealed, the grease is just for the CV joint, and unless it is VERY hot it wont pour out..

Let me know if you want the .pdf.. I'll send it tomorro when I get home.

[XR06T]

if you could send that pdf through that would be great matte. my email is xr06t@hotmail.com

is there anything I can do in the interim? it is getting a bit noisy and I don't want it to break before I have a chance to take it out!

[MaTTe]

I won't be home for a few hours, but you can download the whole pdf from pdftown.com

If you want it still driveable, you can get a grease gun and seperate the split so you can force grease into the CV

[XR06T]

cheers.

I have got the pdf manual so that should help. will try and organise a grease gun and pack it full again.

thanks again.