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A new axle is about $250. A CV boot is what, $40 and takes 5 minutes to swap out once the axle is out? If you're already doing it yourself, how much do you make an hour?

I would also like to comment that blocks of 4x6 lumber are perfectly acceptable for holding up a 6000lb car. I would wager that the 4x6 block of wood I put the car on has a higher load capacity than the typical jack stand, and is less likely to be erroneously deployed. It's a block of wood...

If it's just the boot torn a bit and leaking grease out, and you caught it before it started making noise, chances are the bearing in there is still fine. It would have to sling all the grease out for it to start wearing out and making noise. People replace torn CV boots all the time and...

Checking back in, new axle is still perfect, no noises coming from it, and I'm still very happy I fixed it for cheap! The car still ludicrous launches with it same as ever, and I haven't snapped it yet :)

Most of the grease around the tear was pretty dry. It's really hard to say how long the boot was torn. Usually, for CV Axles, the first sign of anything wrong is grease flung everywhere, not any kind of noises. It takes a while for the grease to be flung out and the contamination to actually...

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My car was a used car, the warranty might be different from cars purchased new. The dealer explicitly stated that axles were not covered under the power train warranty

Here is the rockauto link btw, make sure your year/model is right first obviously. I'm not sure there is a difference in the parts over the years. 2015 TESLA S ELECTRIC CV Half Shaft Assembly | RockAuto

So my S90DL was making some clunking noises from the front under hard acceleration and while turning, I got under the car and noticed the CV boot was torn, all the grease slung out, and was certainly the issue cause of the noise. Tesla took the car and diagnosed the same thing, but said CV...