I’ll be attempting my own version wheel hub and CV boot replacement, drivers side front. The ABS sensor bolt will not come out, so I’ve ordered a used hub with ABS sensor in situ already. I have all the parts, tools and anxle stands (not a ramp). This will be the most advanced repair I’ve done on a car, mechanically speaking. I’ve upgraded an air intake system and turbo inlet on an mk3 Cupra, but this seems more difficult. Any tips would be grand. Thanks.
You might want to just go for a whole CV axle while you have that half of the car apart it just pops out the new one pops in they'll be new boots on each end and everything probably a rebuilt axle I'm not sure where you're located but then there's nothing really going on and on the new hub you can get a 6 mm bolt that's made out of plastic to hold the sensor in or nylon sounds like there may be some kind of corrosion problem that won't corrode. But to do the CV boot you've got to pull the pieces apart and take it all off of the shaft to get the boot off then the new boot slides back on and you reverse the process You need a bunch of grease to put in that new boot and old triple ball assembly.
Might replace the driveshaft. How long do driveshafts last, normally? Assuming this is the factory one from 2007… Financially, I’d be replacing the boot now, then, only if I need to due to failure, the driveshaft later on.
Then just replace the boot I've got drive axles that have 330,000 mi on them right now driving them several times a week if not more no problems most of them have new hub bearings fitted but that's expected so if that's all you got just replace the boot and pack it with grease and clamp it up and let it rip usually it's just cheaper to change the axle for whatever reason ripped boots failed joints whatever I used to get them for like $69 remanufactured or something silly.
