Inner CV Joint?

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delroyx
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Inner CV Joint?

Post by delroyx » Sun Sep 03, 2023 11:09 am

I went to do an oil change yesterday & saw all this grease under the car. I assume it's come from the inner CV joint as it's more or less directly under it. I cleaned it off & looked at the boot (as best as I could on my drive) but it didn't seem damaged.

I'm gonna get it looked at but just wondered if anyone had any ideas if it could be something else?
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Re: Inner CV Joint?

Post by flylife2k » Tue Sep 05, 2023 9:04 am

does look like cv joint grease, small cv joint tears are not always obvious especially if in a location not clearly visible

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Re: Inner CV Joint?

Post by maars » Wed Sep 13, 2023 11:15 pm

The front CV gaitors are prone to splitting after time, typically the inners. The repair kit is cheap enough, but it's a driveshaft out job to replace it.
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Re: Inner CV Joint?

Post by delroyx » Fri Sep 15, 2023 9:35 am

Thanks for the replies. I'm going to get it done in a week or two. I did think about doing it my self in my garage but it's one of those jobs that'll take me me three times as long & involve lots of swearing & probably every tool I own!

For the sake of a couple hours labour I'll get Camspec to sort it.

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Re: Inner CV Joint?

Post by maars » Sat Sep 16, 2023 9:53 pm

The Audi part number for the repair kit - boot/clips/grease - is 4E0 498 201 A
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