CV boot- '91 Legacy

The Other Dave wrote:
> Hi guys-
> A quick question for you. I'm readying my daughter's college car for sale,
> and see that the driver's side rubber CV boot is torn. This is a front wheel
> drive '91 Legacy sedan, with automatic transmission. Can you good folks
> give me an idea of a reasonable cost for this repair? I won't be doing the
> work myself. There is a bit of noise from this area, so I am assuming the
> joint assembly will need to be replaced.

If one is torn the other one will be soon. Replace them both. I had both
shafts replaced, with new parts, at a local shop for $275. I thought
that was reasonable. Lots of folks send more than that to the bank every
month to pay for their new car
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Thanks
"Mike Copeland" wrote in message

> The Other Dave wrote:
>> Hi guys-
>> A quick question for you. I'm readying my daughter's college car for
>> sale, and see that the driver's side rubber CV boot is torn. This is a
>> front wheel drive '91 Legacy sedan, with automatic transmission. Can you
>> good folks give me an idea of a reasonable cost for this repair? I won't
>> be doing the work myself. There is a bit of noise from this area, so I am
>> assuming the joint assembly will need to be replaced.
>
> If one is torn the other one will be soon. Replace them both. I had both
> shafts replaced, with new parts, at a local shop for $275. I thought that
> was reasonable. Lots of folks send more than that to the bank every month
> to pay for their new car
 >> Stay informed about: CV boot- '91 Legacy 

On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:36:37 -0700, The Other Dave
wrote:
> Hi guys-
> A quick question for you. I'm readying my daughter's college car for sale,
> and see that the driver's side rubber CV boot is torn. This is a front wheel
> drive '91 Legacy sedan, with automatic transmission. Can you good folks
> give me an idea of a reasonable cost for this repair? I won't be doing the
> work myself. There is a bit of noise from this area, so I am assuming the
> joint assembly will need to be replaced.
>
> Thanks-
>
> Dave
>
>

The times (many. '91 was apparently a bad year for the Subaru CV
joint) I had this done, it ran me around $150 each.
 >> Stay informed about: CV boot- '91 Legacy 

Thanks, that's about what I figured. I may not do the repair, but wanted to
be able to advise a buyer honestly about what it would run.
"L. Ross Raszewski" wrote in message

> On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:36:37 -0700, The Other Dave
> wrote:
>> Hi guys-
>> A quick question for you. I'm readying my daughter's college car for
>> sale,
>> and see that the driver's side rubber CV boot is torn. This is a front
>> wheel
>> drive '91 Legacy sedan, with automatic transmission. Can you good folks
>> give me an idea of a reasonable cost for this repair? I won't be doing
>> the
>> work myself. There is a bit of noise from this area, so I am assuming the
>> joint assembly will need to be replaced.
>>
>> Thanks-
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>
> The times (many. '91 was apparently a bad year for the Subaru CV
> joint) I had this done, it ran me around $150 each.
 >> Stay informed about: CV boot- '91 Legacy 

The Other Dave wrote:
> Thanks, that's about what I figured. I may not do the repair, but wanted to
> be able to advise a buyer honestly about what it would run.

Broken boot precipitated the trade in of my wife's '92 Nissan for a new
Forester. Repair would have cost about $300 and as others say, you
should do both or prepare to have the other fail. Surprisingly, dealer
gave us book value on the car for trade in and did not care about the
boot. And,it was not like he made up for it in the rest of the deal
which was excellent.

I would have been hard pressed to sell car to an individual without
telling them about boot.
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Frank wrote:
> The Other Dave wrote:
>> Thanks, that's about what I figured. I may not do the repair, but
>> wanted to be able to advise a buyer honestly about what it would run.
>
> Broken boot precipitated the trade in of my wife's '92 Nissan for a new
> Forester. Repair would have cost about $300 and as others say, you
> should do both or prepare to have the other fail. Surprisingly, dealer
> gave us book value on the car for trade in and did not care about the
> boot. And,it was not like he made up for it in the rest of the deal
> which was excellent.
>
> I would have been hard pressed to sell car to an individual without
> telling them about boot.

The replacement of both shafts cost me less than one month's payment on
a new car.
 >> Stay informed about: CV boot- '91 Legacy 

Mike Copeland wrote:
> Frank wrote:
>> The Other Dave wrote:
>>> Thanks, that's about what I figured. I may not do the repair, but
>>> wanted to be able to advise a buyer honestly about what it would run.
>>
>> Broken boot precipitated the trade in of my wife's '92 Nissan for a
>> new Forester. Repair would have cost about $300 and as others say,
>> you should do both or prepare to have the other fail. Surprisingly,
>> dealer gave us book value on the car for trade in and did not care
>> about the boot. And,it was not like he made up for it in the rest of
>> the deal which was excellent.
>>
>> I would have been hard pressed to sell car to an individual without
>> telling them about boot.
>
> The replacement of both shafts cost me less than one month's payment on
> a new car.

I keep cars for a long time but, when cost of repair approaches book
value, get rid of them. If car is totaled, all you will get from
insurance is book value. We almost lost the Nissan a couple of years
ago when someone ran into it in a store parking lot and repair was
$1,000. Also had an old Mazda stolen and stripped and we had just put
on new tires. All we got was book value.

I save money and pay cash for cars. Then I have the luxury of the
warranty with no worries of big repair bills for a few years.
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