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FINAL DRIVE

4. Place the drive shaft in a soft-jawed vise. Using a 7. Thoroughly clean the joint with an appropriate
soft-faced hammer, or brass drift, strike the inner solvent and dry the joint to prevent any residual
race of the joint to drive the joint off the drive shaft. solvent from being left in the joint upon reassembly.
Be sure to tap evenly around the joint to avoid
binding.

8. Visually inspect the joint by tilting the inner race to
one side to expose each ball. Severe pitting, galling,
play between the ball and its cage window, any
IMPORTANT
cracking or damage to the cage, pitting or galling or
Tap on inner race only! chips in raceways call for joint replacement.
NOTE
5. Make sure circlip w is on the shaft and not left in the
joint. Shiny areas in ball tracks and on the cage spheres are
normal. Do not replace CV joints because parts have
polished surfaces. Replace CV joint only if components
are cracked, broken, worn or otherwise unserviceable.

9. Clean the splines on the end of the shaft and apply a
light coat of grease prior to reassembly.
10. Slide the small boot clamp and boot (small end first)
onto the drive shaft and position the boot in it’s
groove machined in the shaft.
11. Install a new circlip on the end of the shaft.
12. Grease the joint with the special CV joint grease
provided in the boot replacement kit. Fill the cavity
behind the balls and the splined hole in the joint’s
inner race. Pack the ball tracks and outer face flush
6. Remove the CV boot from the shaft. with grease. Place any remaining grease into the
boot.
CAUTION
CAUTION
Complete disassembly of the CV joint is NOT
recommended. The internal components are precision The grease provided in the replacement kit is specially
fit and develop their own characteristic wear patterns. formulated for wear resistance and durability. DO NOT
Intermixing the internal components could result in use substitutes or mix with other lubricants.
looseness, binding, and/or premature failure of the joint.
NOTE
IMPORTANT The amount of grease provided in the boot kit is pre-
measured. Use entire contents of package.
If the grease in the joint is obviously contaminated with
water and/or dirt, the joint should be replaced.

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