DIY: front CV axle replacement

[AaronNY]

There should be some kind of splash guard/ heat shield.

Now I bought empi axles and both boots ripped within a month. Apart from dealer, between ecs tuning, fcp euro and gap. These were the more expensive option. Had to buy another set so I could replace them and send old ones back to rock auto for a refund on one set for the 1 year warranty. I had my buddy scrap my old axles didn't think to save them because they were rebooted twice and they ripped twice for no reason ( hardly lowered nothing hitting the axle or boot). And now I see they raxles.com pays for the cores. I guess I'm stuck buying oem axles after the empi ones break again. And rock auto can't replace them because I think I got the last driver side and they said empi was out of business

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[arjun90]

Seems like there is quite the variation between the OE and Aftermarket. Excellent write-up, hopefully this is applicable to the 3.0L A6 C5 Avant as well.

There should be some kind of splash guard/ heat shield.

Now I bought empi axles and both boots ripped within a month. Apart from dealer, between ecs tuning, fcp euro and gap. These were the more expensive option. Had to buy another set so I could replace them and send old ones back to rock auto for a refund on one set for the 1 year warranty. I had my buddy scrap my old axles didn't think to save them because they were rebooted twice and they ripped twice for no reason ( hardly lowered nothing hitting the axle or boot). And now I see they raxles.com pays for the cores. I guess I'm stuck buying oem axles after the empi ones break again. And rock auto can't replace them because I think I got the last driver side and they said empi was out of business

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