[s-cars] Rear CV joint gone 1000 mi to go.

[jeff postupack]

I respect Sean's experience and kinda side with Teddie

That clip is spring steel type of material, sits in a slot in the axle and
is buried under the old grease so access will not be easy. As such the clip
is probably harder than it is soft to retain a spring action.
You would have to work on the large diameter boot end, inside that axle
housing to access and remove, I think that's a PITA if I'm half right.
I thought tugging on the CV end,(inserting the old bolt and used as a
puller)  would squeeze that clip closed into the axle slot and allow the CV
end to migrate out over the clip and off the end of the axle.

But I don't want to break anything in there harassing that CV end.
Jeff




On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Theodore Chen <tedebearp at yahoo.com> wrote:

>  That seems strange.  Isn't the clip made of soft metal?  I've changed the
> front CV boots on my UrS4 several times, and each time, I just pulled the CV
> joint off, destroying the clip (which gets replaced by a new one anyway).
> Guess I'll make an effort to remove the clip first.
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* Sean Douglas <s_douglas at telus.net>
> *To:* jeff postupack <jeff.postupack at gmail.com>; S-Cars <
> s-car-list at audifans.com>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 9, 2009 8:47:50 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [s-cars] Rear CV joint gone 1000 mi to go.
>
> Jeff:
>
> The clip is hidden, but its accessible if you remove the boot. Bentley is
> not clear on this and shows a little diagram pointing to the clip in
> question, but there is no instructions...
>
> Sean Douglas
>
> 1997 Audi S6
> 1990 Audi 90q20v
> 1991 VW Passat Wagon Syncro
> 1991 Alpina B10 BiTurbo
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> > [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of jeff postupack
> > Sent: June 9, 2009 8:18 AM
> > To: S-Cars
> > Subject: [s-cars] Rear CV joint gone 1000 mi to go.
> >
> >
> > > ended up breaking the CV joint when trying to remove it.
> > > (forgot to release the clip first before cranking the axle
> > bolt into
> > > the joint to pop it off)
> >
> > Question to Sean and P Cole.
> >
> > How in the heck does one release the clip first?  before
> > removing the CV joint.
> >
> > I think that clip is hidden inside and not accessible.  or am
> > I wrong about that!
> >
> > Jeff Posto
> > About to do CV boot R&R.
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