ok i already broke the clamps...how do i get the boot off...those rollers are in the way. can i take those off will the boot slide off easier? i have no idea how to do this its really frustrating me. and if i do get the freakin boot off how do i get the other one on there jus slide it through?

 

slide the boot down to the middle of the axle, then pop the snap ring out from the end of the axle next to above the tripot bearings then you can use a ball point hammer to pop out the tripot bearing and slide the axle boot off

if you need pics i can supply some crappy ones

 

sure pics would help.....also i might need help on how i can get the new boot on...

 

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You should be able to just remove the rollers from that inner joint. When I pulled my old axles out (torn inner boots) the rollers just fell off.

 

that's reeeeally not good, there should be a small snap ring there to hold in the bearings.. to get the boots back on just reverse it.. pull the boot onto the axle and to the middle, put the bearings on, put back in a new snap ring place the joint cover on, pull the boot back up and voila

....pics coming as soon as i can find the scanner software of mine

 

okay the spider itself has a circlip to hold it onto the shaft, but the 3 rollers do not have anything holding them on. They don't need anything because they're inside the inner joint housing all the time, inside grooves, so there's nowhere for them to go.

 

the clamps i got for the boot are kinda cheap in my opinion.......can i use nylon ties to support them?

 

TTT

 

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i would think that nylon would crack under heat wouldn't it?

 

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How do you determine they are cheap? All CV boot bands I've seen are pretty much the same, be they OEM or not. They require a special tool to tighten down, I think.

 

You shouldn't need a special tool for installing the bands. You can usually get the band tight by using a big crescent wrench and then use a screwdriver and hammer to kink and lock it in place.

I would really recommend getting a shop manual for your car to help you out unless you are mechanically inclined and can figure things out on your own. The CV's are pretty self explanatory how to take apart/put back together. Just be sure when you take off the bearings that you put them back on the same tripod you took them off of. This will insure that you have the same tolerances as before. Also, you want to make sure that the same bearing is slid into the same joint to also maintain these tolerances.

 

Haynes or Chilton manuals are my bibles.

In fact, the last time I had to use them was replacing axel boots, whaddya know.

Don't use nylon unless you want moly grease all over your engine (I've seen so many neat circular patterns in my engine bay, I should should quite my day job and go to college for art )

Hey, try different auto stores, they have different style clamps. You need the kind that don't require the special tool.

Oh yeah, and don't try those zip quick boots that you can replace with the axel still in, I've heard horror stories.

Good luck,

Junior

 

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just to add a few points to that said, mark the bearings in relation to the shaft and the joint housing, everything really needs to go back on exactly as it was taken off. Don't stress too much on gettin the boots tight enough to put a vietnamese virgin to shame, get them as tight as you possibly can with what you have and they'll be fine