Black Grease??? WTF
 

Hi guy's need your urgent advice. After coming home from the shops, which is only about 6 or 7 k's away noticed a hot melting type smell looked around my car and noticed this black greasy sh#t on the inside of one of my wheels, removed the wheel and found more of black stuff around my suspension and steering boot, any ideas? sorry for the average pics
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CV boot is split mate.

leaking cv boot

wow thanks for the quick reply, damn that suck, i guess it could of been something worse, just a couple quick questions, can i source these at Repco or supercheap ? do you normally do both sides or just the damaged one and will i need an alignment afterwards cheers again

Looks like an outer CV split which requires removing the inner boot first to get to the outer. You should be able to source the parts from Repco. It's a boot repair kit, with grease clamps and boot/s. No wheel alignment required, just CV shaft removal.

cheers mate, i'll give them a call now

[QUOTE=6050king;647285]Looks like an outer CV split which [B]requires removing the inner boot first[/B] to get to the outer. You should be able to source the parts from Repco. It's a boot repair kit, with grease clamps and boot/s. No wheel alignment required, just CV shaft removal.[/QUOTE]

Not true.
You can get the outer CV off the driveshaft without having to remove the inner CV & inner boot.
The outer CV needs to be removed from the hub which will require the hub to be disconnected from the lower ball joint or the strut. The outer CV can be "Tapped" off the driveshaft.
Remove the remnants of the old boot, clean the CV, put the new boot on the shaft, repack with grease, tap the CV back onto the shaft and re-assemble. It can be done in the car, however it is is easier to take the whole driveshaft out and do it on the bench or in a vice.
To completely remove the shaft, you will also need to knock out the roll pin that holds the inner CV to the gearbox stub. Beauty of the design is that you do not lose any gearbox oil when removing a front driveshaft.

There are a couple of tricks to make it easier and the S/S bands that secure the boot need to be tight to stop the boot slipping off.
In the right hands it will take an hour or so to do the job and doesn't require any specialist tools.

If you disconnect the hub from the strut you will definitely need a wheel alignment as you will affect the camber settings. For some it is not so important for a wheel alignment if the hub is disconnected from the lower ball joint.

thanks heaps for the advice and tips, really appreciate it. ok i think i'll give this a go myself, just have to source part, i've tried Repco and Supercheap without success, might give Conventry's a go, or do you think i'm best just to go through Subaru?

Subaru will be expensive and it's a job that can wait a week so source away!

ah no worries, so other than making a mess, i won't damage anything from driving it little?