Inner CV joint assembly on the axle?

[Peter Golledge]

I've not tried reassembling with the joint on the shaft but if I memory
serves correctly it did not seem doable.  Though if it came apart in
shipping it must be so. :-)

Pressing the inner joint back on I've always done by standing the shaft in a
H press, yes some load on the outer joint but never damaged one this way
yet.

-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On
Behalf Of Kunz, Bob
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 5:12 PM
To: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Inner CV joint assembly on the axle?

Hey listers!

Well I took advantage of PAP's new half shafts offer and got a pair for my
'86 5ks 5 sp (same on both sides). One of them likely got dropped in transit
and the inner cv joint is in pieces in the box. Six balls, a cage, the outer
channel on the boot and the inner channel on the splines of the axle. Oh,
and the grease pack opened as well and spread its contents liberally all
over.

Obviously it can come apart. Can it go back together without pressing the
inner channel off the axle? The Bentley procedure is to have the inner and
outer channels rotated 90 degrees, seat the balls in the inner channel and
then rotate the channels to be co-axial. I've got all the wide/narrow stuff
figured out. Obviously, I can't start in the 90 degree rotation while it's
attached to the axle.

Has anyone been able to re-assemble the joint while it's on the axle? I can
see how to press the inner channel off, but don't have the blocks to press
it back on (at least I don't think so). It would be so much easier if
there's some trick to this that I just don't know.

Oh, yeah and shipping is a pain all around, so it's way better for me to
just fix this instead of getting another shipped from Ohio and this one
back.

Thanks,

--bob
'86 5ks Avant
'02 TTQR
'07 Q7 4.2
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