99 Elantra Drive shaft boots

Hello everyone,


This past weekend I was flushing the brake fluid lines in my
sister's 99 Elantra and noticed that both outer boots are cracked
right in the middle and from the looks of things it may have been a
while since this has happened as all of the grease looks to be on the
wheels. I haven't done this before so I called the dealer to get a
quote, they had told me that it would run $255 for the labor on the
outer boots plus parts. So now that's got me motivated to actually
learn how to do it. In looking at the Hyundai service document I'm
trying to determine what specialty tools I'm going to need to get the
shaft out. I have the tie rod end puller and the snap ring tool. It
looks like I'll need to get an axle shaft puller but that looks like
all I'll need from the diagram. Are there any other told that I'm
going to need? Also besides getting the new inner and outer boots,
bands and grease, and retainer ring, what other parts will I need for
this job?
I also had a look at advanceautoparts and it looks like they
sell a new axle for about $100, does anyone think I should just buy
this and not worry about replacing the boots/parts on the existing
one?


Thanks in advance,

Nick

 

Sorry folks, I posted to the wrong newsgroup.

 

if you dont have a service manual, get one. they make life much easier.
i was changing the pads on a friends tacoma last saturday- lifetime
pads, so i had to take the old ones out and swap for new at autozone.

long story short, i forgot how the pin-holding clips attached, and which
way the anti-rattle clips faced. googling found me some .pdf files of
the service manual and diagrams. suh-weet!

that was the longest part of the job, and saved my friend at *least*
$100 compared to even going to a quickie crap place.