Re: Report: another CV Boot done

[Jerry Croucher <croucher@mail.eos.net>]

Wallace,

I just did that job on both front axels on my 86 4kcsq.  Don't worry about the heat

marks.   The races are flame treated to harden them.

Jerry

Wallace White wrote:

> Last week, I happened to notice a tear in my right-front outer, too, so
> I did the job over this last weekend. Mike Veglia's original post and
> direct correspondence helped me a lot on this. I've got a few things to
> add:
>
> - Order a tube of G6.2 CV joint grease along with the boot kit. The kit
> comes with a 120g tube, and the individually-sold tube (at least from
> TPC) is 90g--which just happens to be the specified amount for the
> joint. I thought that was convenient and was glad I had that 90g tube.
>
> - As for the circlip issue, any external lock ring pliers (not snap ring
> pliers, since snap rings have the little holes but lock rings don't)
> should work fine. I picked up a Cal-Van set at the local cheapo auto
> parts store.
>
> - The entire job can be done without an assistant, if you've got enough
> rubber bands! To drive off the joint from the shaft, you've got to hold
> that lock ring open as you hammer. To do so, I put rubber bands around
> the handles of the pliers, to force them open, and then rubber-banded
> the pliers lightly to the shaft (with a bench vise holding the shaft).
> Then I hammered away--a little harder than I had hoped would be
> necessary, but everything seemed okay afterwards.
>
> And now some questions:
>
> - How did your CV joint look, anyone? While I couldn't detect much of
> any play in the outer and the races showed no pitting, I was disturbed
> by the heat discoloration on the outer race. The boot just cracked
> recently and there was still very much grease in it, but it looks like
> it sure had gotten hot at some point. Hope it's okay.
>
> - Should there be lateral play in the _inner_ joint? There sure was in
> mine--maybe an 1/8". Radial play was minimal. This didn't seem right,
> but maybe the entire shaft is designed to have a degree of freedom here,
> or is that just wishful thinking?
>
> Thanks to all who have been adding to this thread of late, which helped
> a great deal, and especially to Mike for his advice.
>
> - Wallace
>   '87 5kcstq 150k
>
> MSV96@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > In a message dated 98-09-10 16:29:45 EDT, you write:
> >
> > Hi Wallace,
> >
> > << That reminds me of another question: what's a drift? >>
> >
> > Just somethin' ya put between the hammah and what you want to beat on.
> > Typically a shaft that is blunt on both ends. I think I used a blunt cold
> > chisle or the like.
> >
> > << Well, I'll slap some on there just for the heck of it, though I agree
> >  with your point and hope that you're right! Thanks again. >>
> >
> > I was going to and I looked in there and decided not to. The gasket does not
> > go all the way to the edge of the flange. I decided I didn't want to diminish
> > the metal to metal contact of the output flange to CV flange. I can't imagine
> > any grease getting past all that once all is torqued up (or even oil for that
> > matter). Good luck and again, you're welcome!
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Mike
>
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>
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