I've done my homework on replacing boots on these units with a Non zipper type. My question is i'm looking to maybe purchase a truck 200+ away. 2 of them are leaking. Do i need to worry about the bearings running dry? I'm a slow driver anyway so speed won't be a factor. Just didn't know if i needed to prepare with lots of duct tape and garbage bags and tubes of grease. Or does most of the grease stay in and the real concern is H2O and contaminants getting in ? I'm not even gonna attempt to use the zipper style from what i've read.
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200 mile drive with leaking hub boots
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Zipper boots keep the grease in the steering knuckle area. They do not have anything to do with the hub bearings as they have their own inner seal on the spindle. I have had busted zipper boots for nearly 3years and 200,000+ miles without issue. Just grease them up when you need to. Only be concerned if you are offroading and water intrusion into the steering knuckle that way.
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the seal is the inner axle seal its leaking differential fluid. the wheel bearings in the hub are greased the real reason for the boot is to keep water and debries from getting into the bearings through the back side of the spindle, unless you have the old rezeppa type joint than you need a surplus of grease. if you have the spicer cross type universal joint excess grease just costs you dollars.
That attempt sounds so good once you change a non zipper type just once.