RE: CV joint mixing

["Ken Keith" <ken.keith@specialdevices.com>]

Todd Phenneger <phen9461@uidaho.edu> wrote:
> 
> I have put 30,000 miles on mine after re-doing the boot and they have
> 180,000 miles total.  So I dont think it really matters much.  I
> *accidentally* disassembled the first one and the balls went flying
> accross the garage floor.  BOy was that disconcerting :-)   

Funny you should mention CV's.  I have a question.  I was doing work on the 
4ksq last Sunday, it's not terribly far from getting on the road!  I had to 
replace one of the axles because the left inner CV joint blew up in the Coupe 
accident (the one on the 4ksq had a ripped outer boot).  Anyway, the inner boot 
on the one I put on is ripped.  It looks like you have to pull the CV off 
the axle to replace the boot.  How do I get the little (well actually, it's 
pretty big) circlip-type thing off?  What is the special tool to use?

> The second one I did on purpose because it had dirt and sand in there 
> that had to come out but I was in a Public Bathroom doing it in a parking 
> lot the day before Thanksgiving so I managed to get the balls mixed up again.

Boy, that's a funny sounding statement when taken out of context...

Thanks,

Ken