CV axle boot 2018 Silverado

[Jason Godfrey]

Can anyone share a link for the OEM CV Axle boot kit for the 2018 Chevy Silverado 1500 (Front Right )

Are these pretty easy to install or does it Require special tools?

[papageoff]

Replacing just the boot is a PITA.  It's much easier to just swap the half-shaft with a new/reman one. 

 

To change the boot you have to disassemble that end of the axle once you have gotten it out of the truck.  That will probably at minimum require driving out a roll pin but maybe more and it will be a very greasy job.  If you swap the entire shaft, you save yourself half the work.  Just remove the axle like you would already have to do and replace it.

 

Either way, to get the axle out you'll need a big socket for the axle shaft nut a the hub, probably some stout pry bars to to get the shock/spring assemblies out, and a BFH or some other took to separate the ball joint.  

[newdude]

You need a swage clamping tool to change it correctly.  The bigger end of the joints uses it to install the retainer ring.  The smaller end has a special pair of pliers.  

 

84842044 for a new GM shaft $186.  I'd go with a new shaft for the price.  

Edited June 15, 2021 by newdude

[CrawlSlow]

With the right tools, replacing boot/grease is cheaper otherwise its easier to replace the axle as suggested above. Plus some auto parts store has lifetime warranty on axles.