OEM 2009 Chevrolet Trailblazer CV Boot

2009 Chevrolet Trailblazer Parts Questions & Experts Answers

• Q: How to replace the CV Boot and CV Joint on the Wheel Drive Shaft Inner on 2009 Chevrolet Trailblazer?

  A: Removing the wheel drive shaft inner joint and boot requires you to remove the clamp on the boot using the side cutters but care should be taken not to damage the tripot housing. Chop around the swage ring using hand grinder, and then eliminate the tripot casing and trilobal tripot bushing from the halfshaft bar. Remove tripot bushing and degrease the housing and spider assembly. Use 320 grit of 3m cloth to remove any corrosion from the transmission sealing surface and have the components dry while taking care when handling the tripot spider assembly to not separate the tripot balls and needle rollers. Compress tripot boot onto halfshaft bar awy from spider assembly then use j 8059 to spread spacer rings(1, 3), remove spider assembly, spacer rings(1, 3), tripot boot discarding latter two ring. Wash the halfshaft bar with a wire brush observing the needle rollers, needle bearings, trunnion, and tripot housing for damage, replacing those that are damaged with the kit which is right. For assembly, we need to place the new swage clamp (on the boot neck without swaging) and place the new small swage clamp and boot into place at the halfshaft bar making sure that the boot neck goes into the groove. To swage clamp inboard end 41048, stands, halfshaft assembly to plant and top half on bottom half. Check for pinch points at the boot, put it in and tighten the bolts by hand, align both the boot, halfshaft bar, and swage clamp, and tighten every bolt 180 degrees at a time using a ratchet wrench, and then do the same for the opposite side until both sides are bottomed. Unscrew the bolts and dismantle the dies. If there are deformations in the swage clamp, put it back into j 41048 and re-swage. Check the swage clamp for "lip" deformities and that the convolute retainer is properly assembled so as not to damage the boot and install it over boot capturing 4 convolutions to make sure they are fully seated. Install the spacer ring and spider assembly on the halfshaft bar, the other spacer later in the groove at the other end of the halfshaft bar, make sure it is fully seated. After packing the boot and housing with the pre-measured grease from the kit, the large retaining clamp should then be fitted on the boot, followed by fitting the housing and new trilobal tripot bushing over the spider assembly. Mount the boot onto the trilobal tripot bushing and then inspect the inboard stroke position. For male tripot housing assembly, dimension a=280mm (11 in) and for female tripot housing assembly, dimension b=228mm (9 in). Secure the large retaining clamp and boot to the housing using j 35566, and finally unclamp the convolute retainer from the boot.