Subject: [s-cars] CV joint boot ripped

[Igor Kessel]

Mike Platt wrote:

> Hi Paul,
>
> Just did my right front outer a month ago. By the
> Genuine LoBro kit from a good foreign parts store. It
> comes with bolt, bands, clip, boot, and grease.
> Cost... about $20
>
> Here is what you need to do( from what I remember):
> 1) Loosen hub bolt with car on ground.
> 2) Jack car up, remove tire.
> 3) Disconnect sway bar from body (the hardest part of
> job, I felt.
> 4)Disconnect ball joint, I needed a pry pipe, PB
> blaster, and a hammer.
> 5)Remove  bolt for CV joint.
> 6) pull shaft out
> 7) Put bolt back on joint and tighten to remove CV
> joint from shaft
> 8) Put on new boot, circlip and repack joint with
> grease
> 9) Slide everything back on shaft. Watch those
> splines, or you'll be filing them down to get them to
> realign (don't ask)
> 10)Put joint back in hub
> 11) put bolt back on, snug up
> 12)Put ball joint back in. I used antiseize on it and
> cleaned out mounting points.
> 13)Reconnect sway bar to body. Real tough part. I used
> a jack to put pressure on bar. Two man job for me: 1
> kid and I.
> 14) Lower car and torque bolt to specs. I think it was
> 150lbs plus 1/4 turn in the Bentley.
>
> Took me about 3 hrs. If there is a way around the bar
> issue, Id like to know how. I couldn't get the ball
> joint out until, I did that.....or you can pay a
> garage about $150 to do it all.
>
> Good Luck.
>

Mike,
I didn't do the §§ 3 and 4. If you turn the wheel to the extreme locked
position the axle leaves the hub rather cheerfully.

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Igor Kessel
two turbo quattros