CV Boot 80q

[edkellock at juno.com]

I am not aware of a way to do it without taking the axle off the car.  I
believe someone recently seemed to indicate that they had done it that
way.

I'm in the middle of the same job on my 89 200q.  I learned the hard way
about using the correct tool to remove the bolts that hold the inner end
of the axle shaft to the trans.  The correct tool for mine is a 10mm
12-point star bit.  I just bought a set of 4 (6mm. 8mm, 10mm, 12mm) at
Autozone for 12.99.  I'm using a 1-1/8 socket on the axle nut.  Loosen
that with the tire on the ground.  The torque spec is about 150 ft/lb so
be prepared to put some muscle into it.  To remove the cv joint from the
axle, I intend to use the axle bolt.  I haven't actually done this before
myself, but I watched a friend do it on his S4.  He put a small size deep
socket down inside the bolt hole and used the axle bolt to push it
against the end of the axle inside.  This popped the cv joint off the
axle end (there's some sort of spring clip in there that secures the cv
joint to the end of the axle).

Ed
Colorado Springs


On Sat, 2 Nov 2002 17:10:34 -0500 "Bhatti, Mohammed"
<Mohammed.Bhatti at si-intl.com> writes:
> folks,
>
> I'm in the middle of trying to replace my front right outer cv boot
> on my 88
> 80q.
>
> So far, I have the wheel off, the tie rod off and removed the ripped
> boot so
> that I can see what I think is the CV joint.  The shaft is still on
> the car.
> According to the archives, the consensus is to remove the shaft from
> the car
> and do the work on a bench.  Tried using a 6mm hex but chickened out
> because
> I had some slippage.
>
> Question is, can I seperate the joint from the shaft while it is
> still
> attached to the car?  Also, how does one remove the joint from the
> shaft?
> Bentley shows a special tool but I see in the archives that you can
> hammer
> it loose.  Any specifics as to how this is done?
>
> Hoping I can complete this by Sunday night so I have a drive for
> Monday
> mornings work.
>
> Thanks
>
> mohammed
> 88 80q
>
>
>

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