That's the weird thing is that I was never sure what the noise
was.  I had sick feelings that it was in the final drive for a
while.  The CV boot was in really good condition, I probably could
have reused it.  I really don't know what happened in the joint other
than the grease getting old and dry.  Many times I tried to shake
that axle and got nothing until recently.

Edward

At 12:11 PM 8/2/2009, John Rodgers wrote:
>Congrats on a successful and trouble free replacement.
>
>Boy, you sure let that sucker go longer than I would have. I get my
>van on a rack at least once every 6 months and have a good look
>around. The boots and transaxles get a good going over and shake out
>to catch such things early.
>
>Again - congrats!
>
>John Rodgers
>88 GL Driver