cv boot replace progress

[abarth]

Originally Posted by The Cleaner

I think I got the picture now, the TIS is a little unclear on the joint removal but I see the deal now. I think the other thing that can be done is the inner boot can be replaced without taking the shaft off the car, if I plan to go in and do this when I do the brakes and lower control arm, I dont plan to come back to it again, so if I can do the inner without removing the shaft I am going to try. Did you see anything that would prevent that?

I believe you can do the inner joint without removing the cup/stud shaft for the front diff. The inner joint is a tripod joint and once the outer cv-joint is off the hub and the inner boot is off, you should be able to pull the joint free from it's cup. Actually if you are just doing the inner joint boot, the outter joint doesn't even have to be separate from the hub, as long as the hub is separated for the car.