During my rebuild they looked really good so I just put them back on the same sides, and just got back from 2 days at Road Atlanta where they did great, and no grease coming out the axle vent hole
When I am in the mood for self torture I may put new grease and boots on my spare axles and sell them.
Also I found an error [
Edit: per Woody below, the 6 speed always had M10, it was the 5 speed and tip that upgraded in 2003] in the Bentley manual. It says:
Quote:
A new drive axle was introduced for the 2003 model year. Up
through 2002, drive axles used M8 bolts to secure the Inner
constant velocity joint. Beginning in 2003, a transitional style M8
bolt equipped with an M10 guide was used, allowing the later style
joints (M10 bolt bores) to be bolted to earlier style drive flange (M8
bolt bores). Over the course of the 2003 model year, Porsche
completed the transition to M10 bolts and drive flanges.
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Note that there are two different torque values depending on whether you have M8 or M10 inner CV Bolts:
- M8 - 39 Nm (29 ft-lb)
- M10 - 81 Nm (60 ft-lb)
When I had my axles out in early 2016 I torqued them up to only 29 ft-lb because I "knew" I had the M8 bolts, since I had a 2000.
This time, I decided to get new bolts, and learned that I have the M10 bolts.. Yikes! So now they are torqued properly to 60 ft-lb. I guess I am lucky they didn't come loose last time, it must be a testament to the cleaning I did and the loctite so they held at the "lower" torque...
All in all, not a fun job, but I am glad I did it and that it is over