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You can buy a CV joint boot kit and install it fairly easily if you can find a boot that bolts together in the center. Just cit the old boot off, put the new boot on , install the grease, bolt up the sides, and put on the hose clamp.
The shaft should have a clip on it and you just have to give it a quick yank to pull it out of the CV joint then you can slip the boot on.
Begin by removing the tire and wheel from your 1987 Honda. Remove the brake assembly and the brake rotor. Remove the CV joint retaining bolts. Reverse the process to install your new CV joint.
Lift the vehicle using a jack. Inspect the CV boot for problems. Mark the axle. Separate the CV from the shaft. Remove the CV boot clamps. Use a mallet to knock the CV joint off the shaft. Remove the boot from the CV axle shaft.
If the CV boot is torn open forget about re-booting the joint, buy a remanufactured axle and replace it. If the boot is starting to crack or separate but has not torn open to the point you can see the cv joint itself you can re-boot it.Replacing CV JointsThere are places that sell the halfshaft axles already rebuilt as cheap as you can replace the joints. Call your local parts stores.
Oil lines to the suspension should be for the power steering system.
The CV joint is the part inside the boot.
I wouldn't use a split boot. Rebuilt halfshafts are available and are not that hard to change. The only tricky part is taking the spindle off.
You can get a kit that has the boot that is open and has new greese that has screws and nuts to put it together. All you do is clean out the old shaft bearing and install the greese and then install the boot. Also Mighty has a kit that if you have the axle removed, you clean out the bearing and install the greese and stretch the boot over the carrior. This works better but takes more time.
I don't think the 2003 700 Sportsman has CV bootsup frt only in the rear the frt is just universal joints @ least on mine
A CV boot is found on the axle of a vehicle. To replace the outer boot remove the axle bolt and pull the boot off. The inner boot requires removal of the whole axle.
A cracked boot itself won't cause a CV joint to make noise. However, a cracked boot WILL cause the grease to be slung out and allow dirt to enter the CV joint. And a contaminated CV joint that is starved for lubricant WILL eventually start to make noise.