To service and repair the constant velocity joint boot start from collecting necessary tools: j 42572 drive shaft seal clamp pliers. After the removal of the wheel drive shaft from the vehicle, take a shop towel and wrap it to put the
Axle Shaft and then, place the wheel drive shaft horizontally on a bench vise. Remove and discard the large and small seal retaining clamps from the inner joint seal with the help of a side cutter or any other appropriate tool. Pull the seal off the inner joint outer race at the big diameter end and slide this seal away from the joint face. After that, take back the grease from inside race, cage and balls, afterwards, you can remove that inside joint from the Axle Shaft where you hold the inner joint housing horizontally and you placed a brass drift on the inner race and hit it gently on the inner race with a hammer to extract the Axle Shaft retaining clip. In this step, dispose of the Axle Shaft retaining ring and then pull off the seal from the Axle Shaft. The inner race, outer race, cage, balls, and exposed end of the Axle Shaft must then be cleaned with clean solvent, dried with only air, and inspected for damage or wear. For assembling, apply the grease from the service kit to the inner joint, approximately 60 percent of this into the inner part disturbing the ball tracks, balls, cage, and inner race, the remaining onto the bottom of the outer race. Wrap a shop towel around the Axle Shaft and fitting the wheel drive shaft horizontally in a bench vise and fitting a new small seal retaining clamp on the Axle Shaft, followed by a seal, finally a new retaining ring. Join the inner race splines with the Axle Shaft splines, compress the Axle Shaft ring spacer, press the end of the retaining ring into the Axle Shaft groove while at the same time firmly pressing the inner joint on the Axle Shaft. Place the hot tube inside the shaft and drive the inner joint onto the shaft using a wood block and hammer until it becomes fully seated. Position the small seal retaining clamp into the boot, click in on the seal and small retaining clamp to the boot groove of the wheel Axle Shaft. Upon crimping the small seal retaining clamp using the j 42572 until it forms a gap of 1 mm (0.039 in) at the base of the omega ohm shape. Fill the rest of the seal with the grease from the service kit, clamp the large seal retaining clamp onto the seal, and clamp it onto the outer race of the joint. Check the distance between the seal edges to be sure it is 86.85 mm (3.42 in) and check for the seal shape and damage and discard if necessary. Lastly, crimp the large seal retaining clamp using the j 42572 until you have a gap of 1-mm (0.039 in) along with that, inspect the inner joint for a smooth rotation while rotating wheel drive shaft four or five times then install the wheel drive shaft.