| I took my tire off again, thinking I might find something I missed before, I ran my finger between the folds on the boot, saw a small amount of cracking, but nothing major, thought I wasnt getting all the way around, so I got completely under the car, and ran my fingers again, there, I found a small 1/4 - 1/2" tear in the boot...
Anyway, I put a finger in it, and it was completely bone dry, the tear is on the top of the boot, so I dont know how the grease could of come out of it, taking into account what I just read in the link I provided earlier, I went ahead and purchased some hi-temp bearing grease, a turkey marinade injector, and squirted a good amount in the opening, ran my finger in it making sure it was completely lubed, took it for a test drive...
No sound what so ever now, in fact, I think the car runs smoother, maybe its just psychological since I dont hear anything, I took on the freeway for a good 10 miles, heard nothing, so far so good, spent under $5.00 on something I was about to pour in hundreds, maybe I'll need to replace the axle/boot in the near future, but for now, shes running smoothly
torkq
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'84 300DT 314k (w123);
'80 300SD (w116), two-tank fuel system
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