CRX: One way to know you busted your outside CV boot...

[Robert K. Kuhn]

Driving into work this morning, I noticed a vibration in the steering wheel... the same type one feels when a wheel/tire is out of balance (or a tire that is low on pressure or flat). I wasn't too far from work so no worries.

Got to work and looked at the tires and they all looked good. Upon closer inspection of the front right wheel, I saw some black stuff which looked like grease. Since I have an "open" face style rim, I could see that the inside of the rims had grease and so I knew I had a leaking CV boot.

So I guess that would explain the "out of balance" feel at the steering wheel.

I took a peek at the Helm manual and noticed that it said to use between 90 to 100 grams of grease when it comes time to re-pack the boot. The illustrations suggests that you use a spoon or similar tool to scoop and pack said boot. How do you measure the amount of grease? Or do you just pack it solid?

Belive it or not, I've never done a CV boot swap on a CRX before. Done axle swaps but the boots were already on and the CV was already greased up.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated as I plan to do this tomorrow.


Robert K. Kuhn
CRX Owners Group President (http://www.crx.org/southcal)

1990 Honda CRXsi (http://www.hooligan.cc)
ICQ # 3714283 (nickname: godzilla)