Axle Replacement v CV Boot Replacement

[mega4ce]

Hey Guys. I am looking for some advice from you all about what I should do in regards to my driver side torn CV boot. I bought my 2001.1 Pathy used with 90k miles on it. I have put about 3k on it in about 8 months and have a complete tear on my driver CV boot. I am not sure how long it has been like that. I live in CA and don't have to often worry about wet weather. Off-Roading is only a couple times a year. There also is no clicking coming from the axle. I will need to do a front brake job sooner than later as well. So my questions are, should I replace just the CV boot or preemptively the entire axle? I have not done a CV boot before and it seems pretty labor intensive. I have the skills and tools to do so, but have yet to see a write up specific to the CV boot, leaving me a bit wary to attempt it. I did the Warn hub upgrade already which is when I notice the torn boot. Any insight/advice is welcome.

[mega4ce]

Also, is this something that should be incorporated into the brake job and what do you recommend for parts on both the axle and cv boots?

[Chris.m]

Replacing the CV boots is pretty much my least favourite job so far.

I think the prices of axles have come down to something very inexpensive, so replacing the whole axle assemblies would save you time ( about 2 hours) of fiddling with taking them apart, cleaning old grease out, putting new grease in, and tensioning the boot bands. (PS, you will need to buy a special tool to tension the boot bands if you change-out just the boots.

I didn't actually undo anything to do with my brakes, so doing them at the same time wouldn't save any time, besides the time to take the wheel off...