Excellent write up Paul. Your DIY is very helpful and informative! Thanks!
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Excellent write up Paul. Your DIY is very helpful and informative! Thanks!
nice work
Simply you use like a hammer to remove the CV from the drive shaft... then remove and replace the boot and hammer the cv back onto the drive shaft
Common sense required
are you able to replace the pics please Paul???
Hey.
I dont have the pics anymore.
IMO if i were to do CV boots now, i would take the axles out of the car. Much easier to work on the bench.
To do this, i would (off the top of my head):
-put the front on jack stands and remove wheels
-remove the 32mm hub nut
-crack off the lower ball joints and anything else needed to get enough movement in the knuckle to pull the axle out of the knuckle end.
-place a drain tray under where the axle will come out of the transmission housing
-remove the axle from the transmission housing (can sometimes be difficult as they have a circlip which often holds them in pretty tight). Keep the axle as straight as you can when removing/installing it as you could damage the seal (worth checking them whilst axles are out).
-axle is now out, take it to the bench and replace the boots.
Look in an online workshop manual for your car, it will explain this process with pics.