CV Joint re-grease?

[gerrymoore]

Wife's 2015 Mazda 2 (20K miles) had MOT advisory on OSF rubber boot split. It's an automatic and can't find anyone selling a new CV joint other than main dealers On inspection, the boot is not split but the little end is 'loose' and has let some grease out. There's no noise from the joint, no knocking at all, and the car runs fine.

I bought one of those split boots that you can fit without taking the CV joint off but I'm wondering if I can get some grease back into the boot and put a new clip on? Can't think of an easy way to do this?? I do have a couple of old grease guns but they are quite mucky and would need a really good clean out .... yuk!! and don't thing they would fit into the small end of the boot easily either.....

Any ideas?

 

[Other Daniel]

Perhaps a large feeding syringe...

 

[gerrymoore]

Sounds good I'll see what i can get ...thanks for the idea!!

 

[Other Daniel]

The image I put was from Amazon.
Look for "pet feeding syringe".

 

[gerrymoore]

Believe it or not I've just found a perfect size syringe and tubing in my workshop ..not sure where it came from!! I'll have a go when (if) it ever stops raining

 

[Haz87]

Just pop the "big end" clamp off and feed in grease easily that way. Then clamp both ends up nice and snug, happy days

 

[Barking Mat]

Clean it off with brake cleaner, and repair with insulation tape.

 

[Smallfry]

Any horsey place will also do big syringes. Might have to cut the nozzle down a bit to make the hole bigger, and make the process easier. Do not overfill though.

Might want to get a couple of spare syringes, as they are handy for all sorts of things that you have not even thought of yet !

 

[daedalusminos]

Any grease that's come out of the small end is probably surplus to requirements, the problem is if any water or dirt has got in but too late for that if it has. I would just put another clip on and forget about it.