Outer CV joing removal

[Aleksander Mierzwa]

Dear Audi friens,

My 5KT is in need of RH outer CV joint replacement. Yesterday I tried to
tackle the job, but run into a problem: the stupid circlip holding the
joint to the shaft seemed to be stuck; it didn't want spread open wide
enough for the joint to come off the shaft, no matter how hard I tried to
persuade it with a BFH ;-) Finally, after yet another attempt to spread it
open, one of the ends of the circlip broke off! So now it's much more
difficult to spread it open, and did I mention it seemed to be stuck in the
first place?
So, does anyone have any ideas, or should look for a used halfshaft on the
junkyard?

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Aleksander Mierzwa
Warsaw, Poland
87 5KT