Inner CV boot replacement
08-10-2012, 07:56 PM
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Pull the axle and fully cut the boot. Remove the triple roller from the base/driver and clean it out. Take the triple roller off the axle...just immerse it in mineral spirits about 3" and swish it around, clean it with a paint brush and flush with clean mineral spirits a couple times. Get an inner boot kit from ECStuning.com and put it back together.
You have to remove the triple roller from the axle to get the new boot and clamp on the axle on the small diameter
You might need tř get a cv joint band crimping tool, they're maybe $15.
Takes maybe an hour. joint boot kit comes with a new bolt but you can probably use the old one again once.
You have to remove the triple roller from the axle to get the new boot and clamp on the axle on the small diameter
You might need tř get a cv joint band crimping tool, they're maybe $15.
Takes maybe an hour. joint boot kit comes with a new bolt but you can probably use the old one again once.
10-09-2015, 06:07 PM
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10-09-2015, 10:15 PM
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10-11-2015, 07:43 AM
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10-11-2015, 07:58 AM
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A couple of my roller bearings popped off as well, I had to tap them back on.
10-11-2015, 04:59 PM
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If it's a 3300 type casing it takes a special tool and a slide hammer.
Maybe my terminology is not accurate, the tripod being the three rollers and housings attached to the axle, and the casing being the outer shell that attaches to the transmission. In my case the outer part must be hammered off of the three rollers, they are a very tight fit as they exit the casing.
A couple of my roller bearings popped off as well, I had to tap them back on.
A couple of my roller bearings popped off as well, I had to tap them back on.
All I can say is on my two 4.2A6 and S6 cars the rollers came out of the outer casing easily…see the pick way below 9-07-2011. If the transmission side of the casing is closed (as it was on mine) then the tripod HAS to come out the open side…and it should not have to be hammered out or something damaged the case…consider replacing it. If the transmission side is open, then push the tripod out the bottom, remove the circlip and then the tripod and pull the axel out. My bentley shows one casing with a transmission-side open but as seen in my pic below, the 4.2 (at least mine) is closed on the transmission end of the axle.
Last edited by SloopJohnB@mac.com; 10-11-2015 at 05:22 PM.
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