Yeah, and what I am saying is that the half-shaft assembly that autozone sells includes that part, and the shaft and the inner CV joint. This way all you do is replace the whole thing instaed of taking twice as long to rebuild it. Not only that, but it is cheaper.

I have had outer and inner CV joints go bad on my Hondas. It is 10 times out of 10 cheaper and easier to buy the whole shaft assembly remanufactured than to rebuild the outer CV joint yourself. Plus the parts are sourced from companies that all they do is rebuild these things.

Like Ian said earlier in the thread it takes much longer and is much harder to replace the joint than the whole shaft assembly.

The boot is purely a dust cover. Typically in front wheel drive vehicles the part that breaks is the dust cover. This allows grime to get into the joint and causes it to fail. In your case the joint busted causing the boot to fail in the process as well as the joint itself.

I have replaced 4 CV halfshafts in my lifetime. 3 on my current honda and one on my last honda. The reason for my last change was actually a faulty part. I came around a corner just afterinstalling it to the wonderful sound of a driveshaft exploding. Just so you know, Hondas eat CV boots faster than other cars for some reason.

Again, all of this is moot if the dealership covers it. Otherwise buy the part at autozone and pay someone at a Les Schawb or something to do the work if you don't have the skills to work on it.