After trying, and failing, to repair the axle boots ourselves, we finally broke down and decided to have them professionally rebuilt. To our surprise, finding a shop that would do this was more difficult than we expected. Many automotive shops in High Point, NC would not touch it, and the one axle & drive-train shop that we were sent too seemed like it had been out of business for quite a few years. We were giving up on the idea of having the boots replaced and focused on a re-built one sold by O'Rileys or NAPA until I saw that Firestone, of all places, will actually repair CV boots. For the tune of $52, we were able to have the boots installed and repacked.
The new axle coming back from Firestone. New boots along with new grease. We did not check the bearings for damage, as when we removed the boots there was still a large amount of grease left in the original boots.
With the axle done Steve was able to button up the passenger side suspension with the new control arm, sway bar end links, and new tie rod. With this complete we are slowly getting closer to moving onto new parts of the project. The new brake discs from FCP Euro (OEM spec Brembos) along with new brake lines will most likely be installed soon as well. After these parts are installed it will be a matter of bleeding the brakes for new fluid, then isntalling new pads to the calipers.
Interior work is coming soon as well. We have installed the new panels on the rear, however there are still many sagging trim panels to fix, broken clips to replace, and dirty interior fabrics to be deeply cleaned.
The passenger side suspension all buttoned up. We will defintely need to get an alignment though!