Took some time during lunch today to have a closer look at my new axles. In all, they look nice and new and shiny, but I was not 100% happy with the way they had been packed up for shipping.
There was just some paper used at each end, and that was not good enough to keep them in place, so when I opened the boxes, the covers had come off the CV joints and there was grease everywhere
I gave them a good clean and inspected them for damage. They look good and ready for installation...
But I have one question, and I have had the same problem the other times I have installed the axles - how in hell do you install these and make sure every bolt is clean and has no grease on them
I am not really willing to clean the CV joint holes with anything as I do not want to contaminate the grease in the CV - so there is no real way to make sure there is NO grease in the mounting holes (especial now after the crap packing done by the factory!!!