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Guest TurboSedan

i just did an inner CV boot a few weeks ago when i swapped one of my hubs. i accidentally pulled the boot right off the CV joint's inner housing with my slide hammer while trying to pull the axle out :evil: thankfully the needle bearings stayed in place! if possible try to seperate the CV joint after you pull the axle out (doh!) had i lost any of the needle bearings i would have said fuck it and went and bought a new axle instead. it was probably a good thing i replaced the boot anyway; there wasn't much grease left and it didn't look very good anyway.

 

anyways, i ended up smacking the rear side of the joint with a 1/2" extention and a hammer, it came out of the intermediate shaft really easy that way. i don't think i'll ever use my slide hammer to pull an axle again.

 

i packed the new boot with new grease and wiped the old grease off of the tripot with a clean rag, then smothered it with new grease too. i bought a new CV boot clamp from Checker. it is a cheapo clamp - you don't even need a CV boot clamp pliers to install/tighten it. it seems to be holding up ok thankfully. i tightened mine with a vice-grips, a flat blade screwdriver and a hammer (you'll see what i'm talking about if you get that particular type of clamp).

 

hth!

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thankfully the needle bearings stayed in place! if possible try to seperate the CV joint after you pull the axle out (doh!) had i lost any of the needle bearings i would have said fuck it

 

Whoops, i did that to the other side axle, no easy way 2 get them fuckers back in, is there?

 

seems easy enough, didnt wanna smack the joint and break anything.

 

-Jeff

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thankfully the needle bearings stayed in place! if possible try to seperate the CV joint after you pull the axle out (doh!) had i lost any of the needle bearings i would have said fuck it

 

Whoops, i did that to the other side axle, no easy way 2 get them fuckers back in, is there?

 

seems easy enough, didnt wanna smack the joint and break anything.

 

-Jeff

 

nah, it'll come out easy enough so that you don't have to smack it too hard. i'm really not sure how to re-install those needle bearings, i've never done that. hopefully someone else here can chime in about that cuz i'd like to know to.

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