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Snow, snow , snow Posted by Cmyles [Email] (#1126) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Cmyles) on Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:52:23 In Reply to: Re: Cardone Baaad, VT900S, Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:08:05 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
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A large vice on a sturdy bench is helpful and some snap ring spreaders. Borrow the special pliers for crimping the boot clamps too. As soon as you get it apart you won't need anyone to tell you what damage to look for it will be obvious. I use mineral spirits for cleaning, that water based purple stuff is pretty good too. I've seen guys use almost every kind of grease in these including some kind of marine grease that was as thick as wax and worked great. I generally use Moly-disulfide grease (CV grease), it's the recommended thing. (If anyone else reads this there will be a hundred posts on what is the right grease for CVs, so just read those.) If it wasn't snowing and depressing here I'd get my camera and post a tutorial here, oh well. Rip off the old boot, clamp the axle in a vice and wipe all the grease away. Look into the assembly and you'll see a snap ring on the axle shaft that prevents it from pulling out of the CV joint. You reach in with the snap ring spreaders and spread the snap ring while pulling the axle out. Then it's a matter of rotating the drive hub and arranging it so that the balls come out and then the cage and hub (it's too hard to describe exactly). Assembly is the reverse of disassembly. Good luck
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