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Re: Passenger inner axle boot Posted by Don [Email] (#1099) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Don) on Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:49:10 In Reply to: Passenger inner axle boot, steve, Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:55:12 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
You need to repair that quickly or the tripod bearing will be junk.
You need to remove the axle nut (32mm) while the wheel is on the ground, then remove the 3 ball joint bolts from the lower control arm, and the top nut from the sway bar drop link, this will allow you to separate the hub from the outer axle splines without removing the strut, just swing it out of the way..
Go to Autozone and rent a slide hammer and get the axle fitting for it also, then you can pop out the axle, you can try to just give it a good sharp pull and it may pop out that way.
Once out, remove the clamps and wipe out as much grease as you can, you will see that there is a retaining ring around the opening of the inner driver, just bend it open or cut it off, it's not needed.
Once that ring is open or gone, you can separate the tripod bearing from the inner driver.
You will see a snap ring at the end of the inner shaft, remove that and get a triple jaw gear puller to pull off the tripod bearing, then remove the torn boot, slide on the new boot, the tripod bearing opening has a chamfered edge on one side, make sure it goes back on the way it came off, Tap it back on with a large socket and hammer, reinstall the snap ring.
Put the supplied grease around the tripod bearings and some inside the driver and put the driver over the bearing and insert it into the new boot
The boot clamps require a special pair of pliers to secure them, You can rent those also.
A vice comes in handy to hold the axle while doing all this.
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