GM 88982500
Outer CV Joint

The first step to replace a wheel drive shaft outer joint and boot requires removal of the wheel drive shaft. Set the Axle Shaft on a bench vise with a shop towel protecting it. Position the wheel drive shaft horizontally. Use a side cutter or alternate tool to eliminate and dispose of the large seal clamp followed by removing and discarding the small seal clamp. Set the seal apart from the joint's outer race at the large end before placing it behind the joint surface. To extract the wheel drive shaft outer joint from the Axle Shaft bar, an assistant will support the joint housing while placing a wood block under the seal to strike with a hammer against the wood block until the Axle Shaft retaining ring compresses enough to free the joint. You need to keep hammering the wood block until you remove the outer joint. Extract both the retaining ring and the seal from the wheel drive shaft bar. Install the large clamp alongside the small clamp on the seal before mounting the seal onto the wheel drive shaft bar followed by the retaining ring. Add service kit grease to the outer joint before setting it horizontally while you join its inner race splines to the Axle Shaft splines. Use a flat-bladed screwdriver to depress the retaining ring into the wheel drive shaft bar groove while you push the outer joint onto the Axle Shaft. Continuously move the tool around the ring until it achieves the desired compression. Use a wood block to cover the outer joint's threaded shaft end then hit it with a hammer until complete seating occurs on the wheel drive shaft bar. Secure the Axle Shaft so its inner race stepped surfaces entirely seat before placing the small end of the seal over its corresponding wheel shaft bar groove. Use clamp pliers (J 43218) to compress the small clamp until dimension (A) reaches the size range of 0.5-1.6 mm (0.02-0.06 in). After venting the joint to remove excess air, tighten the larger clamp with clamp pliers (J 43218) until dimension (A) reaches the range of 0.5-1.6 mm (0.02-0.06 in). The wheel drive shaft should be installed after completion.

To replace the wheel drive shaft outer joint and seal, start by collecting the needed tools: piercing forceps - spring type, and the appropriate tool for the task. First, pull the wheel drive shaft out and encircle the Axle Shaft with a shop towel. Put the wheel drive shaft horizontally in a bench vise, and then remove the large seal clamp and the small seal clamp with the help of a side cutter, or any necessary tool, and discard them. Disassemble the seal from the joint outer race at the large end, and place the seal behind the joint face. If the star or dies, isis and her cohorts must handle a game with death as its phrase. When she does so willingly, she comes into possession of the 'origin of her universe', that is, the disc called 'time'. He introduces this phrase with a declaration of words one can quickly determine, but nearly absolute in their sense - that the raft has good order as much as it exists if the initial words exist, and so this thing also." Place a wood block between the seal and the face of the joint, and adjust the woodblock with a hammer until it compresses the Axle Shaft retaining ring until one can remove the outer joint. Now, take off the retaining ring and the seal from the wheel drive shaft bar. For installation, firstly fix the large clamp and the small clamp onto the seal, then fix the seal onto the wheel drive shaft bar and fix the retaining ring onto the bar. Put grease from the service kit in the outer part and joint, place it horizontally and connect the inner splines into the axle with the splines. Pressing the Axle Shaft retaining ring by pressing one on the wheel drive shaft bar groove using a flat blade screwdriver or any equivalent tool and firmly press the outer joint on the Axle Shaft, you will work all around compressing the retaining ring until it's compressed. Mount the outer joint to the wheel drive shaft bar, by placing a wooden block on the end of the outer joint threaded shaft and use a hammer to push the bar until it is fully seated. Ensure the Axle Shaft and inner race stepped surfaces are fully seated then position the small end of the seal over the mating groove at the back of the wheel drive shaft bar. Relieve any remaining trapped air from the joint, and compress the larger clamp until dimension (A) is 0.5-1.6mm (0.02-0.06 in) using the clamp pliers - narrow jaw with the wheel drive shaft installed.

Install the tripot housing over the spider assembly, ensuring it seats in the bushing, and seat the small end of the tripot seal into the groove on the wheel drive shaft.

Compress the tripot seal up the shaft bar toward the outboard end.

Compress the small clamp using the Clamp Pliers (J 43218) until dimension (A) is 0.5-1.6 mm (0.02-0.06 in).