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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hope you kept it spotless (no dirt in there) and got all boots back on with no tears, clamps not too tight (can tear a new boot over time),,etc.

And IME OEM boots tend to be higher quality than some aftermarkets, don't want a tear and your CZv grease spewing everywhere.

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No, I didn't do just the boots, I pulled the shafts out completely and replaced them completely. My old CV's were trashed. New boots weren't gonna cut it [/quote]

So you replaced the whole thing as an assembly, with CV joints, CV boots, and the axles, right?  Did you use remanufactured OE axles?  I've heard a lot of nightmares about using chinese axles.  Last time I did this, I wound up using new CV joints and boots, but reusing the axle.  It added time and was super messy (my boots had ripped so there was grease everywhere.

If anyone is clamping boots, I recommend getting a boot clamp tool that has a built in torque limiter (to keep from over tightening the clamps).

All that said, I know people that have just used zip ties without issue.

In my case, the joint had not run dry, so I considered reusing my CV joints and just repacking them, but you can get quality European CV joints from brands like Meyle for pretty cheap these days.  [/quote]

I used axles from RockAuto. I think they're Timken. They were billed as "heavy duty", and were about 3mm larger diameter shafts then the OEM shafts. They were new manufacture, not rebuilds.

Car is a Subaru Crosstrek. 105,000 miles. I'm a little pissed the cv's are gone already, but judging by the talk on the web forums it's a common thing. Speculation is the higher ride height of the car compared to the Inprezza (which it's based on) is causing the axle joints to run at steeper angles and wear out faster. The boots never cracked and the axles never lost any lube, they just wore out and started clicking in turns while under load. [/quote]

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