Pardon my ignorance as a former Jeep owner but I have a question about CV joints 
In preparation of buying a gx470 ive been doing a ton of research and one of the first preventative maintenance jobs ill be doing is a CV reboot since it will likely be 12 years old and 120k-ish miles. Id rather spend a small amount on a reboot and have good CVs for the foreseeable future instead of playing roulette with old drying rubber and having to check constantly.
ANYWAY
In looking through the interwebs its is always mentioned to clean them THOROUGHLY, which makes sense but then thinking critically, why? If the grease was un-tainted and my primary focus was the boots, why wouldnt a 95% clean with a lint free shop cloth be perfectly acceptable before adding the new grease and boots? What if the OEM boot stayed together for 200k miles, would the recommendation still be to dissemble them because of grease breakdown failure?
The simple answer is "You already have them off and apart, just do it right" but im hoping there is a better reason then just "because"
In preparation of buying a gx470 ive been doing a ton of research and one of the first preventative maintenance jobs ill be doing is a CV reboot since it will likely be 12 years old and 120k-ish miles. Id rather spend a small amount on a reboot and have good CVs for the foreseeable future instead of playing roulette with old drying rubber and having to check constantly.
ANYWAY
In looking through the interwebs its is always mentioned to clean them THOROUGHLY, which makes sense but then thinking critically, why? If the grease was un-tainted and my primary focus was the boots, why wouldnt a 95% clean with a lint free shop cloth be perfectly acceptable before adding the new grease and boots? What if the OEM boot stayed together for 200k miles, would the recommendation still be to dissemble them because of grease breakdown failure?
The simple answer is "You already have them off and apart, just do it right" but im hoping there is a better reason then just "because"
