Re: CV Joint R&R

[Evgeni Sokolovski <esokolov@glue.umd.edu>]

There is another way to get the circlup out.Clamp
the drivershaft in the vise.The outer CV joint 
circup ring has its open ends bent outwards,and, 
surprisingly, it's not fragile and very strong .
First, straighten one of its ends using medium size 
screwdriver (or small chisel) and a hammer.Second, 
grab the other end using a nose pliers and pull it out
as far out as you can. Third, grab it using vise-grips
and pull it really HARD.Hammering it usually helps a 
lot.The circlup gets trashed when it goes out this way,
but who cares? Then it's out, just hammer the
CV joint off the drivershaft.IMO, much easier then
to hold the circlup ring open(not to mention you need
a special pliers) and hammer the CV joint off at the 
same time. BTDTx3 on my both Audis and it always
worked well. 

HTH

Eugene

'87 5kcstq 150K miles 1.8 bar
'86 5kcst 5-spd (in memory) 
   
My Audis at http://www.glue.umd.edu/~esokolov/audi.htm   

>In a message dated 3/21/99 10:06:33 PM Central Standard Time, conner@cfm.ohio-
>state.edu writes:
>
>> You guys are ahead of me...I still haven't figured out how to get an outer
>>  joint off.  
>>  I wanted to take it off to clean and inspect during boot
>>  replacement/cleaning.  But I found I was beating on it so hard I was afraid
>>  of ruining it. So I just blew out all the lod grease with brake cleaner,
>>  etc, repacked, and reassembled.  I slid the boot on from the inner end
>>  after managing to get that joint off the axle.
>>  
>>  So I'd like to know how to get the outer joint off without damaging it.
>>  
>>  Dave C.
>Getting the joint off requires that you spread the circlip while you hammer
>the joint off.  You will need some notched circlip pliers and a vise to do
>this.  
>
>HTH
>
>Scott