CV Boot 80q

[JShadzi at aol.com]

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<<Javad,  I'm still not clear on how you do this without removing the
shaft.>>

Either way, the only thing removing the shaft will get you to is the bench,
the procedure is still the same, off the car or not.

<< Would you be more specific?  Seems that just running the bolt>
> back in would just reassemble the thing.>>

Only if the bolt goes _through_ the hub and into the cv..otherwise, if you
thread the bolt into the cv only, it will go out of the back of the cv and
hit the shaft, forcing the cv outward.

<< Do you have to put something > down in there like a socket or something to
> cause the bolt to actually push the axle out of the CV?  Is there enough
> clearance to withdraw the shaft from the CV with everything in place?  Or
> is there something else that needs to be disassembled to gain more
> clearance?  Is this on-car
> procedure specific to the 80/90 models only?>>

This procedure works on any of the later cars that use a through bolt for the
axle instead of a nut like the earlier cars.

HTH,
Javad

>
> Thanks,
> Ed