Failed Cv Boots - Advice Needed

[Steven.Langdale]

All

 

A bit of a long one here, so please be patient!

 

In June of this year, I took my Gal into the local Ford dealer beacuse of a faint drone noise from the front end. They played about with the car on and off for 2 days. checking the CV joints, drive shafts etc. They finally came to the conclusion that it was the wheel bearings, and changed them. This fixed the noise - so all is fine.

 

Last week whilst doing an oil change and service, I noticed a fair amount of grease around the steeering ends and the inside of the front wheel rims that lined up with the outside of the CV boots. It looked like it had been throw out under rotation.

 

After talking to the Sevice manager and pointing out they were the last ones to work on the car in that area before the apparent leak, he advised me to bring the car in, which i did. Get a phone call to say they were ordering new CV boots and clips and were covering the cost.

 

This tells me that the fault was due to the work they did 6 months and approx 3000 miles ago. The Dealer is saying no CV damage has occured and boot replacement and re-grease is all thats needed.

 

How plausable it this? should I be insisting on new CV joints or some kind of mileage warranty just incase the joint(s) fail in the near future?

 

Thoughts?

 

Thanks

 

Steven

[Steven.Langdale]

Couple of bits to add:

 

1. There were, and are no strange noises from the CV's

2. I don't know when the grease got out, could have been last week or 5 months ago.

 

Steven

[Justice]

A little grease goes a long way when you think on how fast the drive shafts spin and there could have been a lot of grease left in the CV, the only proper way to check them is to remove the CV joint from the shaft and wash and inspect.

Having said that they should at least remove all the old grease and wash them out before fitting new boots just in case there is any grit in them.