I drove a Tacoma that started at 125k miles with a leaking cylinder and a torn CV joint boot.
Kept waiting for something to stop working and need fixing... 70k+ miles later, I was still driving and waiting.
Kept waiting for something to stop working and need fixing... 70k+ miles later, I was still driving and waiting.
Unless the boot is majorly damaged, very limited dirt gets in, most of the grease stays in, and lifetime of the joint isn't severely impacted.
How long do unsealed CV joints usually last?
(At the time, I didn't have access to a garage, so it was more than I wanted to repair at home)
How long can it last like that? Basically forever.
That the wheel suspension and tie rods are the working components, absent power.
It definitely took more of an umph to get into 4WD late in life.