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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: TheBoy on 27 September 2010, 16:05:24
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I need to remove outer CV joints from driveshaft. I understand that there is some kind of circlip (that fits in a hidden groove) that you cannot get to that holds them in place.
Is it just a case of pulling it off? I don't want to remove driveshaft from gearbox if at all possible.
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The circlip you are thinking of is on the inboard spline ie where the drive shaft pushes into the gearbox. You wont be able to see it until you pull the shaft from the gearbox. The outer end is just a big nut holding the hub on the splines, no circlip. :y
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I have "tapped them off with a hammer in the past. Some need quite a tap though.
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The circlip you are thinking of is on the inboard spline ie where the drive shaft pushes into the gearbox. You wont be able to see it until you pull the shaft from the gearbox. The outer end is just a big nut holding the hub on the splines, no circlip. :y
I can see that the nut holds the hub to the splines of the CV, but it cant hold the CV to the drveshaft?
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I have "tapped them off with a hammer in the past. Some need quite a tap though.
I'm guessing the clip is the same kind of spring clip holding the nearside driveshaft in on the MR2 .. 'quite a tap' is an understatement, in that case - more like belt seven bells out of it with a big hammer and a drift :D
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I have "tapped them off with a hammer in the past. Some need quite a tap though.
Any tips for stopping it coming out of gearbox whilst tapping beating the crap out of it?
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The drive shaft is held in the gearbox with a circlip/spring ring and the outer joint is held on the shaft the same way. The nut just holds the shaft to the hub.
Sorry i wasn't a bit clearer in the first post :y
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could try using a rachet strap
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could try using a rachet strap
LOL, chances of buying them in deepest Brackley isn't high ;D ;D ;D
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sorry didnt realise you were outside civilisation! could you not wedge it with a bit of wood.
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sorry didnt realise you were outside civilisation! could you not wedge it with a bit of wood.
Wood. Aye. We have trees in these parts ;D ;D ;D
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good luck :y
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mole grips or a g clamp to hold the shaft to the wishbone. hold the outer cv joint straight as you can with a slight pull and tap.
ps(if its just the cv gaiter thats knackered the stretch boots are pretty good)
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Been a few years since i've done a rover joint but if they are the same as the GM FWD ones, remove the boot, clear out as much grease as possible then have a feel round inside the joint for the circlip.
Use a good set of external circlip pliers in one hand, copper or soft face hammer in the other hand and pull the joint with other hand.....
Did i memtion you need three hands ;D
Andy
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pull the complete shaft out, hold it in a vice by the shaft and beat the CV off with a FBH.
its easier than trying to hold it on the car.
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Been a few years since i've done a rover joint but if they are the same as the GM FWD ones, remove the boot, clear out as much grease as possible then have a feel round inside the joint for the circlip.
Use a good set of external circlip pliers in one hand, copper or soft face hammer in the other hand and pull the joint with other hand.....
Did i memtion you need three hands ;D
Andy
not the same as vauxhall,circlip is hidden,knock off with a hammer :y
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Cheers guys :y
One side done, darkness, rain and extreme hunger prevented other side being done tonight.
I'm not allowed tea until I'm bathed :(. Hence laying in the bath, on OOF :P
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Don't drop the laptop, that could have a shocking outcome! ;D
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Don't drop the laptop, that could have a shocking outcome! ;D
The old one went in a few times ;D. It lasted remarkably well, but I think the water eventually killed it :'(
This HP one has yet to fall in the bath, but has been left out in the rain more than once (last time being Newent ;D)
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;D ;D I've known people drop phones in baths..
I've even known a guy who took his Blackberry in the shower..
But I hadn't known anyone who'd dropped a laptop in the bath until now ;D
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IIRC the outer CV joint came off the drive shafts quite easy with a bit of a tap and I don't remember the driveshaft being held in the gearbox either but it was a couple of years since I have done the CV joints on mine and my daughters 25s ::)
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The Gnome swears by his favourite tool the FBH ( Slapon of course). ;D
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The Gnome swears by his favourite tool the FBH ( Slapon of course). ;D
Ah yes the FBH also know as the Negotiator, idiotometer ect ;D
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Other side done tonight :)
Had trouble getting the boot clips tight - driveshaft end I used a cable tie, but the large one, had to use clip. Not convinced its tight enough :-/
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Other side done tonight :)
Had trouble getting the boot clips tight - driveshaft end I used a cable tie, but the large one, had to use clip. Not convinced its tight enough :-/
They're a right PITA ::) ::)
Hope you made sure there was no grease on the mating faces of the boot and the joint ;) ;) :y
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Had trouble getting the boot clips tight - driveshaft end I used a cable tie, but the large one, had to use clip. Not convinced its tight enough :-/
Join two cable ties together if needs be... I try to use the metal clips though, cable tied ones have come loose for me in the past.