GM 92228294
Inner Boot

When replacing the rear wheel drive shaft inner joint and boot, perform the following: unset the wheel drive shaft and CV joint and boot outer. Do not sever the inboard or outboard boot because this ragged tearing will damage the sealing surface and shorten the life of the constant velocity joint. Using the necessary tools, remove the outer boot clamp and the inner boot clamp from the CV joint . The inner CV, no one services when the boot is damaged or if foreign object is evident in the CV joint; the wheel drive shaft must be replaced as a complete unit. Next, take off the CV boot from the CV joint and the WD drive shaft . Clean lubricant from the CV joint and wheel drive shaft. For assembly, attach the CV joint boot and clamp to the wheel drive shaft and CV joint housing ; make sure boot is well placed in groove of wheel drive shaft . With the help of the J 35910 - pliers, breaker bar, torque wrench, and ratchet, close the clamp so that the gap is 1.8 mm (0.07 in). Put half of the lubricant inside CV joint boot ,and the other half inside CV joint . Mount the CV joint boot and clamp on the CV joint housing . For vehicles with the ear type boot clamp, the following tooling will be used: J 35910-pliers, breaker bar and a torque or ratchet wrench in closing the clamp by ensuring that the gap is set until 1.9 mm (0.07 in) and ensure that the boot clamp is securely closed. For earless type clamps, pass directly on to closing the boot clamp with the CH 48894 - pliers. Rotate the CV joint in a circular pattern to ensure the lubrication is dispersed within the CV joint and remove any of the lubricant from the CV join on its outer structure. Lastly, you can install the outer CV joint and boot then follow it up with the wheel drive shaft.